20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0817	Circulating	Somalia	Somali Democratic Republic	Coinage Reform			1976	1984
0818	Circulating	Somaliland	Somaliland, Republic of	Republic	1991	eoc	1994	1994
0819	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa, Union of	British Dominion	1910	1936	1923	1936
0820	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa, Union of	Ruler Change	1936	1952	1937	1952
0821	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa, Union of	British Commonwealth Realm	1952	1961	1953	1960
0822	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa	Republic	1961	eoc	1961	1964
0823	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa	Coinage Reform			1965	1990
0824	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa	Coinage Reform			1989	2000
0825	Circulating	South Africa	South Africa	Coinage Reform			2000	2000
0826	Circulating	South Arabia, Federation	South Arabia, Federation of	British Protectorate	1962	1967	1964	1964
0827	Circulating	Spain	Spain	Monarchy	1901	1931	1896	1927
0828	Circulating	Spain	Spain	Second Republic	1931	1939	1933	1938

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.