20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0769	Circulating	Rwanda	Rwanda	Coinage Reform			1974	1987
0770	Circulating	Rwanda-Burundi	Rwanda-Burundi	Monetary Union	1960	1964	1960	1964
0771	Circulating	Saarland	Saarland	French Protectorate	1947	1956	1954	1955
0772	Circulating	Saint Helena & Dependencies	Saint Helena and Dependencies	British Dependent Territory	1983	eoc	1984	1998
0773	Circulating	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	French Overseas Territory	1946	1976	1948	1948
0774	Circulating	Samoa	Western Samoa	Republic	1962	1997	1967	1967
0775	Circulating	Samoa	Western Samoa	Coinage Reform			1974	2000
0776	Circulating	San Marino	San Marino	Republic	1901	eoc	1898	1938
0777	Circulating	San Marino	San Marino	Coinage Reform			1972	2000
0778	Circulating	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome and Principe	Portuguese Republic Colony	1910	1951	1928	1929
0779	Circulating	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome and Principe	Coinage Reform			1939	1948
0780	Circulating	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome and Principe	Portuguese Overseas Province	1951	1975	1951	1971

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.