20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0061	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Allied Occupation	1944	1947	1944	1944
0062	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Monarchy	1947	1951	1948	1981
0063	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Ruler Change	1951	1993	1952	2000
0064	Circulating	Belgium	Belgium	Ruler Change	1993	eoc	1994	2000
0065	Circulating	Belize	British Honduras	British Colony (Self Gov from 1964)	1901	1901	1894	1901
0066	Circulating	Belize	British Honduras	Ruler Change	1901	1910	1904	1909
0067	Circulating	Belize	British Honduras	Ruler Change	1910	1936	1911	1936
0068	Circulating	Belize	British Honduras	Ruler Change	1936	1952	1937	1952
0069	Circulating	Belize	British Honduras	Ruler Change	1952	1973	1954	1973
0070	Circulating	Belize	Belize	British Colony (name change)	1973	1981	1973	2000
0071	Circulating	Belize	Belize	British Commonwealth Realm	1981	eoc	1981	2000
0072	Circulating	Bermuda	Bermuda	Ruler Change	1952	1983	1964	1964

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.