20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0649	Circulating	Nepal	Nepal	Coinage Reform			1932	1953
0650	Circulating	Nepal	Nepal	Ruler Change	1950	1951	1950	1950
0651	Circulating	Nepal	Nepal	Ruler Change	1951	1955	1953	1957
0652	Circulating	Nepal	Nepal	Ruler Change	1955	1972	1954	1973
0653	Circulating	Nepal	Nepal	Ruler Change	1972	eoc	1971	2000
0654	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	Monarchy, Constitutional	1901	1940	1898	1909
0655	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	Coinage Reform			1909	1945
0656	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	German Occupation	1940	1945	1941	1944
0657	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	Monarchy, Constitutional (restored)	1945	1948	1948	1948
0658	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	Ruler Change	1948	1980	1950	1980
0659	Circulating	Netherlands	Netherlands	Ruler Change	1980	eoc	1982	2000
0660	Circulating	Netherlands Antilles	Curacao and Dependencies	Dutch Colony/Territory	1901	1936	1900	1901

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.