20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
0985	Circulating	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	Coinage Reform			1993	1993
0986	Circulating	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	Coinage Reform			1994	1994
0987	Circulating	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	Coinage Reform			1994	1999
0988	Circulating	Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of	Coinage Reform			2000	2000
0989	Circulating	Zambia	Zambia	Republic	1964	eoc	1964	1964
0990	Circulating	Zambia	Zambia	Coinage Reform			1966	1966
0991	Circulating	Zambia	Zambia	Coinage Reform			1968	1989
0992	Circulating	Zambia	Zambia	Coinage Reform			1992	1992
0993	Circulating	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	British Protectorate	1901	1902	1882	1886
0994	Circulating	Zanzibar	Zanzibar	Ruler Change	1902	1911	1908	1908
0995	Circulating	Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia	British Self Governing Colony	1923	1936	1932	1936
0996	Circulating	Zimbabwe	Southern Rhodesia	Ruler Change	1936	1952	1937	1952

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.