20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0709	Circulating	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	British Commonwealth Realm	1975	eoc	1975	2000
0710	Circulating	Paraguay	Paraguay	Republic	1901	eoc	1900	1903
0711	Circulating	Paraguay	Paraguay	Coinage Reform			1908	1939
0712	Circulating	Paraguay	Paraguay	Coinage Reform			1944	1951
0713	Circulating	Paraguay	Paraguay	Coinage Reform			1953	1953
0714	Circulating	Paraguay	Paraguay	Coinage Reform			1975	2000
0715	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Republic	1901	eoc	1888	1965
0716	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Coinage Reform			1965	1965
0717	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Coinage Reform			1966	1975
0718	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Coinage Reform			1975	1983
0719	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Coinage Reform			1984	1985
0720	Circulating	Peru	Peru	Coinage Reform			1985	1988

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.