20th Century OFEC Entities

Number	circ/non-circ	Main Entity Name	Sub-Entity Name	Political Designation	from	to	coins from	coins to
1033	Non-Circ	Grenada	Grenada	Associated State	1967	1974	1970	1970
1034	Non-Circ	Grenada	Grenada	British Commonwealth Realm	1974	eoc	1985	1988
1035	Non-Circ	Guyana	Guyana	2nd Coinage			1976	1980
1036	Non-Circ	Hungary	Hungary	Second Republic	1989	eoc	1990	1990
1037	Non-Circ	Isle of Man	Isle of Man	Coinage Reform			1974	2000
1038	Non-Circ	Ivory Coast	Ivory Coast	Republic	1960	eoc	1966	1966
1039	Non-Circ	Kuwait	Kuwait, State of	Ruler Change	1965	1977	1976	1976
1040	Non-Circ	Kuwait	Kuwait, State of	Ruler Change	1977	eoc	1981	2000
1041	Non-Circ	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Republic	1991	eoc	1995	2000
1042	Non-Circ	Laos	Laos	Ruler Change	1959	1975	1971	1975
1043	Non-Circ	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	Ruler Change	1989	eoc	1990	1990
1044	Non-Circ	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Ruler Change	2000	eoc	2000	2000

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.