20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0049	Circulating	Bahamas	Bahamas	British Commonwealth Realm	1973	eoc	1974	2000
0050	Circulating	Bahrain	Bahrain	Ruler Change	1961	1971	1965	1966
0051	Circulating	Bahrain	Bahrain	Emirate	1971	1999	1992	2000
0052	Circulating	Bahrain	Bahrain	Ruler Change	1999	eoc	2000	2000
0053	Circulating	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	People's Republic	1971	eoc	1973	2000
0054	Circulating	Barbados	Barbados	British Commonwealth Realm	1966	eoc	1973	2000
0055	Circulating	Belgian Congo & Ruanda-Urundi	Belgian Congo & Ruanda-Urundi	Monetary Union	1952	1962	1952	1960
0056	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Monarchy	1901	1909	1865	1909
0057	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Ruler Change	1909	1934	1910	1935
0058	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	German Occupation	1914	1918	1915	1918
0059	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Ruler Change	1934	1940	1935	1940
0060	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	German Occupation	1940	1944	1941	1947

Notes to the above table:

Column A numbers the 1086 Coin Series from my definitive list for the 20th Century. The 1000 Circulating series are listed first, followed by the Non-Circulating types. Note that Non-Circulating types are only included where the Coin Issuing Entity did not issue Circulating coinage.

Column C shows the main 273 entities. (Please note that I use the word entity rather than country as monetary unions and dependencies that are self autonomous, and officially issue their own coinage are included, not just sovereign states.) This is a good starting point for an OFEC collection.

Column D includes all of the sub-entities of the Main Entities. By sub-entity I mean the 1086 different coinage types or series produced by the main entities.

These include all coinage reforms, where no political change has taken place. There are several reasons for this. For instance an entity may simply decide to change the overall design of their coins. Usually however, there is an underlying reason for such a change. There may have been a devaluation of the currency, or they may for example have decimalised such as the UK did in 1971.

Column E shows the Political Designation of the Sub-Entity, or it shows the reason for the change of coinage such as a change of ruler or coinage re-design.

The dates given in the remaining columns also need explanation. The first set of dates reflect the period during which the Sub-Entity existed, or at least an approximation as the dates are not always cut and dried. Where no dates appear it is usually because the Entity in question is a change of coinage only and therefore the previous Political Entity would still be in effect. The second set of dates are the date range of the coins issued for that Sub-Entity.