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ISO 4217

An airline ticket showing the price in the ISO 4217 code EUR and not the currency sign €. (bottom left of ticket)

ISO 4217 is the international standard describing three-letter codes (also known as the currency code) to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 4217 code list is the established norm in banking and business all over the world for defining different currencies, and in many countries the codes for the more common currencies are so well known publicly, that exchange rates published in newspapers or posted in banks use only these to define the different currencies, instead of translated currency names or ambiguous currency symbols. ISO 4217 codes are used on airline tickets and international train tickets to remove any ambiguity about the price.

The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are also used as the basis for national top-level domains on the Internet) and the third is usually the initial of the currency itself. So Japan's currency code becomes JPY—JP for Japan and Y for yen. This eliminates the problem caused by the names dollar, franc and pound being used in dozens of different countries, each having significantly differing values. Also, if a currency is revalued, the currency code's last letter is changed to distinguish it from the old currency. In some cases, the third letter is the initial for "new" in that country's language, to distinguish it from an older currency that was revalued; the code often long outlasts the usage of the term "new" itself. Examples of this include the Mexican peso (MXN) and the Turkish lira (TRY). Other changes can be seen, however; the Russian ruble, for example, changed from RUR to RUB, where the B comes from the third letter in the word "ruble".

There is also a three-digit code number assigned to each currency, in the same manner as there is also a three-digit code number assigned to each country as part of ISO 3166. This numeric code is usually the same as the ISO 3166 numeric code. For example, USD (US Dollar) has code 840 which is also the numeric code for US (United States).

The standard also defines the relationship between the major currency unit and any minor currency unit. Often, the minor currency unit has a value that is 1/100 of the major unit, but 1/10 or 1/1000 are also common. Some currencies do not have any minor currency unit at all. In others, the major currency unit has so little value that the minor unit is no longer generally used (e.g. the Japanese sen, 1/100th of a yen). Mauritania does not use a decimal division of units, setting 1 ouguiya (UM) = 5 khoums, and Madagascar has 1 ariary = 5 iraimbilanja. This is indicated in the standard by the currency exponent. For example USD has exponent 2, while JPY has exponent 0.

ISO 4217 includes codes not only for currencies, but also for precious metals (gold, silver, palladium and platinum; by definition expressed per one troy ounce, as compared to "1 USD") and certain other entities used in international finance, e.g. Special Drawing Rights. There are also special codes allocated for testing purposes (XTS), and to indicate no currency transactions (XXX). These codes all begin with the letter "X". The precious metals use "X" plus the metal's chemical symbol; silver, for example, is XAG. ISO 3166 never assigns country codes beginning with "X" while these codes are assigned for privately customized use only (reserved, never for official codes), so ISO 4217 can use "X" codes for non-country-specific currencies without risk of clashing with future country codes.

Supranational currencies, such as the East Caribbean dollar, the CFP franc, the CFA franc BEAC and the CFA franc BCEAO are normally also represented by codes beginning with an "X". The euro is represented by the code EUR (EU is included in the ISO 3166-1 reserved codes list to represent the European Union). The predecessor to the euro, the European Currency Unit, had the code XEU.

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History

In 1973, the ISO Technical Committee 68 decided to develop codes for the representation of currencies and funds for use in any application of trade, commerce or banking. At the 17th session (February 1978) of the related UN/ECE Group of Experts agreed that the three-letter alphabetic codes for International Standard ISO 4217, "Codes for the representation of currencies and funds", would be suitable for use in international trade.

Over time, new currencies are created and old currencies are discontinued. Frequently, these changes are due to new governments (through war or a new constitution), treaties between countries standardizing on a currency, or revaluation of the currency due to excessive inflation. As a result, the list of codes must be updated from time to time. The ISO 4217 maintenance agency (MA), the British Standards Institution, is responsible for maintaining the list of codes.

Active codes

The following is a list of active codes of official ISO 4217 currency names.

Code Num E[1]Currency Locations using this currency AED 784 2 United Arab Emirates dirhamUnited Arab EmiratesAFN 971 2 AfghaniAfghanistanALL 008 2 LekAlbaniaAMD 051 2 Armenian dramArmeniaANG 532 2 Netherlands Antillean guilderNetherlands AntillesAOA 973 2 KwanzaAngolaARS 032 2 Argentine pesoArgentinaAUD 036 2 Australian dollarAustralia, Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard and McDonald Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Norfolk Island, TuvaluAWG 533 2 Aruban guilderArubaAZN 944 2 Azerbaijanian manatAzerbaijanBAM 977 2 Convertible marksBosnia and HerzegovinaBBD 052 2 Barbados dollarBarbadosBDT 050 2 Bangladeshi takaBangladeshBGN 975 2 Bulgarian levBulgariaBHD 048 3 Bahraini dinarBahrainBIF 108 0 Burundian francBurundiBMD 060 2 Bermudian dollar(customarily known as Bermuda dollar) BermudaBND 096 2 Brunei dollarBrunei, SingaporeBOB 068 2 BolivianoBoliviaBOV 984 2 Bolivian Mvdol (funds code) BoliviaBRL 986 2 Brazilian realBrazilBSD 044 2 Bahamian dollarBahamasBTN 064 2 NgultrumBhutanBWP 072 2 PulaBotswanaBYR 974 0 Belarussian rubleBelarusBZD 084 2 Belize dollarBelizeCAD 124 2 Canadian dollarCanadaCDF 976 2 Franc CongolaisDemocratic Republic of CongoCHE 947 2 WIR euro(complementary currency) SwitzerlandCHF 756 2 Swiss francSwitzerland, LiechtensteinCHW 948 2 WIR franc(complementary currency) SwitzerlandCLF 990 0 Unidad de Fomento(funds code) ChileCLP 152 0 Chilean pesoChileCNY 156 2 RenminbiMainland ChinaCOP 170 2 Colombian pesoColombiaCOU 970 2 Unidad de Valor Real ColombiaCRC 188 2 Costa Rican colonCosta RicaCUP 192 2 Cuban pesoCubaCVE 132 2 Cape Verde escudoCape VerdeCZK 203 2 Czech korunaCzech RepublicDJF 262 0 Djibouti francDjiboutiDKK 208 2 Danish kroneDenmark, Faroe Islands, GreenlandDOP 214 2 Dominican pesoDominican RepublicDZD 012 2 Algerian dinarAlgeriaEEK 233 2 KroonEstoniaEGP 818 2 Egyptian poundEgyptERN 232 2 NakfaEritreaETB 230 2 Ethiopian birrEthiopiaEUR 978 2 Euro15 European Unioncountries, Andorra, Kosovo, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Vatican; see eurozoneFJD 242 2 Fiji dollarFijiFKP 238 2 Falkland Islands poundFalkland IslandsGBP 826 2 Pound sterlingUnited Kingdom, Crown Dependencies(the Isle of Manand the Channel Islands), certain British Overseas Territories(South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territoryand British Indian Ocean Territory) GEL 981 2 LariGeorgiaGHS 936 2 CediGhanaGIP 292 2 Gibraltar poundGibraltarGMD 270 2 DalasiGambiaGNF 324 0 Guinea francGuineaGTQ 320 2 QuetzalGuatemalaGYD 328 2 Guyana dollarGuyanaHKD 344 2 Hong Kong dollarHong KongSpecial Administrative RegionHNL 340 2 LempiraHondurasHRK 191 2 Croatian kunaCroatiaHTG 332 2 Haiti gourdeHaitiHUF 348 2 ForintHungaryIDR 360 2 RupiahIndonesiaILS 376 2 Israeli new sheqelIsraelINR 356 2 Indian rupeeBhutan, IndiaIQD 368 3 Iraqi dinarIraqIRR 364 2 Iranian rialIranISK 352 0 Iceland kronaIcelandJMD 388 2 Jamaican dollarJamaicaJOD 400 3 Jordanian dinarJordanJPY 392 0 Japanese yenJapanKES 404 2 Kenyan shillingKenyaKGS 417 2 SomKyrgyzstanKHR 116 2 RielCambodiaKMF 174 0 Comoro francComorosKPW 408 2 North Korean wonNorth KoreaKRW 410 0 South Korean wonSouth KoreaKWD 414 3 Kuwaiti dinarKuwaitKYD 136 2 Cayman Islands dollarCayman IslandsKZT 398 2 TengeKazakhstanLAK 418 2 KipLaosLBP 422 2 Lebanese poundLebanonLKR 144 2 Sri Lanka rupeeSri LankaLRD 430 2 Liberian dollarLiberiaLSL 426 2 LotiLesothoLTL 440 2 Lithuanian litasLithuaniaLVL 428 2 Latvian latsLatviaLYD 434 3 Libyan dinarLibyaMAD 504 2 Moroccan dirhamMorocco, Western SaharaMDL 498 2 Moldovan leuMoldovaMGA 969 0.7 Malagasy ariaryMadagascarMKD 807 2 DenarFormer Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaMMK 104 2 KyatMyanmarMNT 496 2 TugrikMongoliaMOP 446 2 PatacaMacauSpecial Administrative RegionMRO 478 0.7 OuguiyaMauritaniaMUR 480 2 Mauritius rupeeMauritiusMVR 462 2 RufiyaaMaldivesMWK 454 2 KwachaMalawiMXN 484 2 Mexican pesoMexicoMXV 979 2 Mexican Unidad de Inversion(UDI) (funds code) MexicoMYR 458 2 Malaysian ringgitMalaysiaMZN 943 2 MeticalMozambiqueNAD 516 2 Namibian dollarNamibiaNGN 566 2 NairaNigeriaNIO 558 2 Cordoba oroNicaraguaNOK 578 2 Norwegian kroneNorwayNPR 524 2 Nepalese rupeeNepalNZD 554 2 New Zealand dollarCook Islands, New Zealand, Niue, Pitcairn, TokelauOMR 512 3 Rial OmaniOmanPAB 590 2 BalboaPanamaPEN 604 2 Nuevo solPeruPGK 598 2 KinaPapua New GuineaPHP 608 2 Philippine pesoPhilippinesPKR 586 2 Pakistan rupeePakistanPLN 985 2 ZlotyPolandPYG 600 0 GuaraniParaguayQAR 634 2 Qatari rialQatarRON 946 2 Romanian new leuRomaniaRSD 941 2 Serbian dinarSerbiaRUB 643 2 Russian rubleRussia, Abkhazia, South OssetiaRWF 646 0 Rwanda francRwandaSAR 682 2 Saudi riyalSaudi ArabiaSBD 090 2 Solomon Islands dollarSolomon IslandsSCR 690 2 Seychelles rupeeSeychellesSDG 938 2 Sudanese poundSudanSEK 752 2 Swedish kronaSwedenSGD 702 2 Singapore dollarSingapore, BruneiSHP 654 2 Saint Helena poundSaint HelenaSKK 703 2 Slovak korunaSlovakiaSLL 694 2 LeoneSierra LeoneSOS 706 2 Somali shillingSomaliaSRD 968 2 Surinam dollarSurinameSTD 678 2 DobraSão Tomé and PríncipeSYP 760 2 Syrian poundSyriaSZL 748 2 LilangeniSwazilandTHB 764 2 BahtThailandTJS 972 2 SomoniTajikistanTMM 795 2 ManatTurkmenistanTND 788 3 Tunisian dinarTunisiaTOP 776 2 Pa'angaTongaTRY 949 2 New Turkish liraTurkeyTTD 780 2 Trinidad and Tobago dollarTrinidad and TobagoTWD 901 2 New Taiwan dollarTaiwanand other islandsthat are under the effective control of the Republic of China(ROC) TZS 834 2 Tanzanian shillingTanzaniaUAH 980 2 HryvniaUkraineUGX 800 2 Uganda shillingUgandaUSD 840 2 US dollarAmerican Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Haiti, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Timor-Leste, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Virgin IslandsUSN 997 2 United States dollar (next day) (funds code) United StatesUSS 998 2 United States dollar (same day) (funds code) (one source claims it is no longer used, but it is still on the ISO 4217-MA list) United StatesUYU 858 2 Peso UruguayoUruguayUZS 860 2 Uzbekistan somUzbekistanVEF 937 2 Venezuelan bolívar fuerteVenezuelaVND 704 2 Vietnamese đồngVietnamVUV 548 0 VatuVanuatuWST 882 2 Samoan talaSamoaXAF 950 0 CFA franc BEACCameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, GabonXAG 961 . Silver(one troy ounce) XAU 959 . Gold(one troy ounce) XBA 955 . European Composite Unit (EURCO) (bond market unit) XBB 956 . European Monetary Unit(E.M.U.-6) (bond market unit) XBC 957 . European Unit of Account 9 (E.U.A.-9) (bond market unit) XBD 958 . European Unit of Account 17 (E.U.A.-17) (bond market unit) XCD 951 2 East Caribbean dollarAnguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesXDR 960 . Special Drawing RightsInternational Monetary FundXFU Nil . UIC franc(special settlement currency) International Union of RailwaysXOF 952 0 CFA Franc BCEAOBenin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, TogoXPD 964 . Palladium(one troy ounce) XPF 953 0 CFP francFrench Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and FutunaXPT 962 . Platinum(one troy ounce) XTS 963 . Code reserved for testing purposes XXX 999 . No currency YER 886 2 Yemeni rialYemenZAR 710 2 South African randSouth AfricaZMK 894 2 KwachaZambiaZWD 716 2 Zimbabwe dollarZimbabwe

Explanation of USD/USS/USN

The US dollar actually has three codes assigned: USD, USS (same day) and USN (next day). According to UN/CEFACT recommendation 9, paragraphs 8-9 (ECE/TRADE/203, 1996, available online:

8. In applications where monetary resources associated with a currency (i.e. funds) need not be specified and where a field identifier indicating currency is used, the first two (leftmost) characters are sufficient to identify a currency–example: US for United States dollars for general, unspecified purposes where a field identifier indicating currency is present. (A field identifier can be a preprinted field heading in an aligned document or a similarly-agreed application in electronic transmission of data.)
9. In applications where there is a need to distinguish between different types of currencies, or where funds are required as in the banking environment, or where there is no field identifier, the third (rightmost) character of the alphabetic code is an indicator, preferably mnemonic, derived from the name of the major currency unit or fund – example: USD for general, unspecified purposes; USN for United States dollar next-day funds, and USS for funds which are immediately available for Federal Reserve transfer, withdrawal in cash or transfer in like funds (same-day funds). Since there is no need for such a distinction in international trade applications, the funds codes have not been included in the Annex to the present Recommendation.

Without currency code

A number of territories are not included in ISO 4217, because their currencies are not per se an independent currency, but a variant of another currency. These currencies are:

  1. Faroese króna (1:1 pegged to the Danish krone)
  2. Guernsey pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
  3. Jersey pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
  4. Isle of Man pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
  5. Tuvaluan dollar (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar).
  6. Cook Islands dollar (1:1 pegged to the New Zealand dollar).
  7. Cuban convertible peso (pegged to the US dollar)

The following non-ISO codes are, however, sometimes used commercially:[2]

  Guernsey pound   GGP Jersey pound JEP Isle of Man pound IMP Tuvalu dollar TVD

Obsolete currency codes

A number of currencies were official ISO 4217 currency codes and currency names until their replacement by the euro.

Note that the currency names used below may not match the currency names used in the ISO standard itself, but the codes do match.

Code Num Currency Replaced by When Replaced by the euro ADF ... Andorran franc (1:1 peg to the French franc) EUR 1999 ADP 020 Andorran peseta (1:1 peg to the Spanish peseta) EUR 1999 ATS 040 Austrian schillingEUR 1999 BEF 056 Belgian franc(currency union with LUF) EUR 1999 CYP 196 Cypriot poundEUR 2008 DEM 276 German markEUR 1999 ESP 724 Spanish pesetaEUR 1999 FIM 246 Finnish markkaEUR 1999 FRF 250 French francEUR 1999 GRD 300 Greek drachmaEUR 2001 IEP 372 Irish pound(punt in Irish language) EUR 1999 ITL 380 Italian liraEUR 1999 LUF 442 Luxembourg franc(currency union with BEF) EUR 1999 MCF ... Monegasque franc(currency union with FRF) EUR 1999 MTL 470 Maltese liraEUR 2008 NLG 528 Netherlands guilderEUR 1999 PTE 620 Portuguese escudoEUR 1999 SIT 705 Slovenian tolarEUR 2007 SML ... San Marinese lira(currency union with ITL and VAL) EUR 1999 VAL ... Vatican lira(currency union with ITL and SML) EUR 1999 XEU 954 European Currency Unit(1 XEU = 1 EUR) EUR 1999 Replaced for other reasons AFA 004 AfghaniAFN 2003 ALK ... Albanian old lekALL AON 024 Angolan new kwanzaAOR 1995 AOR 982 Angolan kwanza readjustado AOA 1999 ARM ... Argentine peso moneda nacionalARL 1970 ARL ... Argentine peso leyARP 1983 ARP ... Peso argentinoARA 1985 ARA ... Argentine australARS 1991 AZM 031 AzerbaijanimanatAZN 2006 BEC 993 Belgian franc(convertible) BEL 992 Belgian franc (financial) BGJ ... Bulgarian levA/52 BGK 1952 BGK ... Bulgarian lev A/62 BGL 1962 BGL 100 Bulgarian lev A/99 BGN 1999 BOP ... Bolivian pesoBOB 1987 BRB ... Brazilian cruzeironovo BRC 1986 BRC ... Brazilian cruzadoBRN 1989 BRE ... Brazilian cruzeiroBRR 1993 BRN ... Brazilian cruzado novo BRE 1990 BRR ... Brazilian cruzeiro realBRL 1994 BRZ ... Brazilian cruzeiroBRB 1967 CLE ... Chilean escudoCLP 1975 CNX ... Chinese People's Bank dollar CNY CSD 891 Serbian dinarRSD 2006 CSJ ... Czechoslovakkoruna A/53 CSK 1953 CSK 200 Czechoslovakkoruna CZK and SKK 1993 DDM 278 East German Markof the GDR(East Germany) DEM ECS 218 Ecuador sucreUSD 2000 ECV 983 Ecuador Unidad de Valor Constante(funds code) (discontinued) EQE ... Equatorial Guinean ekwele XAF ESA 996 Spanish peseta (account A) ESP ESB 995 Spanish peseta (account B) ESP GNE ... GuineansyliXOF GHC 288 GhanaiancediGHS 2007 GWP 624 Guinea-Bissaupeso XOF ILP ... Israeli liraILR 1980 ILR ... Israeli old sheqelILS 1985 ISJ ... Icelandic old kronaISK LAJ ... Lao kipLAK MGF 450 MalagasyfrancMGA MKN ... Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia denarA/93 MKD 1993 MLF ... Mali francXOF MVQ ... Maldive rupee MVR 1981 MXP ... Mexican pesoMXN MZM 508 Mozambican meticalMZN 2006 NFD ... Newfoundland dollarCAD 1949 PEH ... Peruvian solPEI PEI ... Peruvian intiPEN PLZ 616 Polish zlotyA/94 PLN 1995 RON ... Romanian leuA/52 ROL 1952 ROL 642 RomanianleuA/05 RON 2005 RUR 810 Russian rubleA/97 RUB 1997 SDD 736 Sudanese dinarSDG 2007 SRG 740 Suriname guilderSRD 2004 SUR ... Soviet Union rubleRUB 1991 SVC 222 SalvadorancolónUSD TJR 762 Tajikistan rubleTJS 2000 TPE 626 Portuguese Timorese escudoIDR TRL 792 Turkish liraA/05 TRY 2005 UAK 804 Ukrainian karbovanetsUAH UGS ... Ugandan shillingA/87 UGX 1987 UYN ... Uruguay old pesoUYU VEB 862 Venezuelan bolívarVEF 2008 VNC ... Vietnamese old dongVND XFO ... Gold franc(special settlement currency) XDR 2003 YDD 720 South Yemeni dinarYER YUD ... New Yugoslav dinarCSD YUM 891 Yugoslav dinarCSD ZAL 991 South African financial rand(funds code) (discontinued) ZRN 180 Zaïrean new zaïre CDF ZRZ ... Zaïrean zaïreZRN ZWC ... Zimbabwe Rhodesian dollar ZWD

See also

References

  1. ^ Number of digits after the decimal point.
  2. ^ Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets – Countries' currencies and codes

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