Standard that defines codes for the representation of currencies
ISO 4217
is a
standard
published by the
International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of
currencies
and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. This data is published in three tables:
[1]
- Table A.1 ?
Current currency & funds code list
[1]
- Table A.2 ?
Current funds codes
[1]
- Table A.3 ?
List of codes for historic denominations of currencies & funds
[1]
The first edition of ISO 4217 was published in 1978. The tables, history and ongoing discussion are maintained by
SIX Group
on behalf of
ISO
and the
Swiss Association for Standardization
.
[2]
The ISO 4217 code list is used in
banking
and
business
globally. In many countries, the ISO 4217 alpha 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 delineate the currencies, instead of translated currency names or ambiguous
currency symbols
. ISO 4217 alpha codes are used on
airline tickets
and international train tickets to remove any ambiguity about the price.
History
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]
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), 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. Such changes usually originate from the formation of new countries, treaties between countries on shared currencies or monetary unions, or
redenomination
from an existing currency due to excessive inflation. As a result, the list of codes must be updated from time to time. The ISO 4217 maintenance agency is responsible for maintaining the list of codes.
[3]
Types of codes
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National currencies
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In the case of national currencies, the first two letters of the alpha code are the two letters of the
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
country code
and the third is usually the initial of the currency's main unit.
[4]
So
Japan
's currency code is
JPY
: "JP" for Japan and "Y" for
yen
. This eliminates the problem caused by the names
dollar
,
franc
,
peso
and
pound
being used in dozens of countries, each having significantly differing values. While in most cases the ISO code resembles an abbreviation of the currency's full English name, this is not always the case, as currencies such as the
Algerian dinar
,
Aruban florin
,
Cayman dollar
,
renminbi
,
sterling
and the
Swiss franc
have been assigned codes which do not closely resemble abbreviations of the official currency names.
In some cases, the third letter of the alpha code is not the initial letter of a currency unit name. There may be a number of reasons for this:
- It is considered important that the code of a completely new currency be highly mnemonic if possible. An example is the assignment of the code
EUR
to the euro. ISO 4217 amendment 94,
[5]
which created this code, states "The code element 'EU' has been reserved by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency for use within ISO 4217 where 'R' has been appended to make an acceptable mnemonic code." Here the R comes from the third letter in the word "euro".
- The currency in question is replacing another currency of the same name, due to devaluation. So that the two currencies have different codes, a different third letter must be chosen for the code of the new 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 sometimes outlasts the usage of the term "new" itself (for example, the code for the
Mexican peso
is
MXN
). Another solution to a devalued currency having the same name as its predecessor is to choose a third letter which results in a 3-letter code with mnemonic significance. For example, the
Russian ruble
changed from
RUR
to
RUB
following a devaluation, where the B comes from the third letter in the word "ruble".
[
citation needed
]
X currencies (funds, precious metals, supranationals, other)
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In addition to codes for most active national currencies ISO 4217 provides codes for "supranational" currencies, procedural purposes, and several things which are "similar to" currencies:
The use of an initial letter "X" for these purposes is facilitated by the
ISO 3166 rule
that no official country code beginning with X will ever be assigned.
The inclusion of EU (denoting the
European Union
) in the
ISO 3166-1
reserved codes list allows the
euro
to be coded as EUR rather than assigned a code beginning with X, even though it is a supranational currency.
Numeric codes
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ISO 4217 also assigns a three-digit numeric code to each currency. This numeric code is usually the same as the numeric code assigned to the corresponding country by
ISO 3166-1
. For example, USD (
United States dollar
) has numeric code
840
which is also the ISO 3166-1 code for "US" (United States).
List of ISO 4217 currency codes
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Active codes (list one)
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]
The following is a list of active codes of official ISO 4217 currency names as of 1 April 2022
[update]
.
In the standard the values are called "alphabetic code", "numeric code", "minor unit", and "entity".
Active ISO 4217 currency codes
[1]
Code
|
Num
|
D
[a]
|
Currency
|
Locations listed for this currency
[b]
|
AED
|
784
|
2
|
United Arab Emirates dirham
|
United Arab Emirates
|
AFN
|
971
|
2
|
Afghan afghani
|
Afghanistan
|
ALL
|
008
|
2
|
Albanian lek
|
Albania
|
AMD
|
051
|
2
|
Armenian dram
|
Armenia
|
ANG
|
532
|
2
|
Netherlands Antillean guilder
|
Curacao
(CW),
Sint Maarten
(SX)
|
AOA
|
973
|
2
|
Angolan kwanza
|
Angola
|
ARS
|
032
|
2
|
Argentine peso
|
Argentina
|
AUD
|
036
|
2
|
Australian dollar
|
Australia
,
Christmas Island
(CX),
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
(CC),
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
(HM),
Kiribati
(KI),
Nauru
(NR),
Norfolk Island
(NF),
Tuvalu
(TV)
|
AWG
|
533
|
2
|
Aruban florin
|
Aruba
|
AZN
|
944
|
2
|
Azerbaijani manat
|
Azerbaijan
|
BAM
|
977
|
2
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
BBD
|
052
|
2
|
Barbados dollar
|
Barbados
|
BDT
|
050
|
2
|
Bangladeshi taka
|
Bangladesh
|
BGN
|
975
|
2
|
Bulgarian lev
|
Bulgaria
|
BHD
|
048
|
3
|
Bahraini dinar
|
Bahrain
|
BIF
|
108
|
0
|
Burundian franc
|
Burundi
|
BMD
|
060
|
2
|
Bermudian dollar
|
Bermuda
|
BND
|
096
|
2
|
Brunei dollar
|
Brunei
|
BOB
|
068
|
2
|
Boliviano
|
Bolivia
|
BOV
|
984
|
2
|
Bolivian Mvdol (funds code)
|
Bolivia
|
BRL
|
986
|
2
|
Brazilian real
|
Brazil
|
BSD
|
044
|
2
|
Bahamian dollar
|
Bahamas
|
BTN
|
064
|
2
|
Bhutanese ngultrum
|
Bhutan
|
BWP
|
072
|
2
|
Botswana pula
|
Botswana
|
BYN
|
933
|
2
|
Belarusian ruble
|
Belarus
|
BZD
|
084
|
2
|
Belize dollar
|
Belize
|
CAD
|
124
|
2
|
Canadian dollar
|
Canada
|
CDF
|
976
|
2
|
Congolese franc
|
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
CHE
|
947
|
2
|
WIR
euro (
complementary currency
)
|
Switzerland
|
CHF
|
756
|
2
|
Swiss franc
|
Switzerland
,
Liechtenstein
(LI)
|
CHW
|
948
|
2
|
WIR
franc (
complementary currency
)
|
Switzerland
|
CLF
|
990
|
4
|
Unidad de Fomento
(funds code)
|
Chile
|
CLP
|
152
|
0
|
Chilean peso
|
Chile
|
CNY
|
156
|
2
|
Renminbi
[6]
|
China
|
COP
|
170
|
2
|
Colombian peso
|
Colombia
|
COU
|
970
|
2
[7]
|
Unidad de Valor Real (UVR) (funds code)
[7]
|
Colombia
|
CRC
|
188
|
2
|
Costa Rican colon
|
Costa Rica
|
CUP
|
192
|
2
|
Cuban peso
|
Cuba
|
CVE
|
132
|
2
|
Cape Verdean escudo
|
Cabo Verde
|
CZK
|
203
|
2
|
Czech koruna
|
Czechia
[8]
|
DJF
|
262
|
0
|
Djiboutian franc
|
Djibouti
|
DKK
|
208
|
2
|
Danish krone
|
Denmark
,
Faroe Islands
(FO),
Greenland
(GL)
|
DOP
|
214
|
2
|
Dominican peso
|
Dominican Republic
|
DZD
|
012
|
2
|
Algerian dinar
|
Algeria
|
EGP
|
818
|
2
|
Egyptian pound
|
Egypt
|
ERN
|
232
|
2
|
Eritrean nakfa
|
Eritrea
|
ETB
|
230
|
2
|
Ethiopian birr
|
Ethiopia
|
EUR
|
978
|
2
|
Euro
|
Aland Islands
(AX),
European Union
(EU),
Andorra
(AD)
[c]
,
Austria
(AT),
Belgium
(BE),
Croatia
(HR),
Cyprus
(CY),
Estonia
(EE),
Finland
(FI),
France
(FR),
French Guiana
(GF),
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(TF),
Germany
(DE),
Greece
(GR),
Guadeloupe
(GP),
Ireland
(IE),
Italy
(IT),
Kosovo
(XK)
[d]
,
Latvia
(LV),
Lithuania
(LT),
Luxembourg
(LU),
Malta
(MT),
Martinique
(MQ),
Mayotte
(YT),
Monaco
(MC)
[c]
,
Montenegro
(ME)
[d]
,
Netherlands
(NL),
Portugal
(PT),
Reunion
(RE),
Saint Barthelemy
(BL),
Saint Martin
(MF),
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
(PM),
San Marino
(SM)
[c]
,
Slovakia
(SK),
Slovenia
(SI),
Spain
(ES),
Vatican City
(VA)
[c]
|
FJD
|
242
|
2
|
Fiji dollar
|
Fiji
|
FKP
|
238
|
2
|
Falkland Islands pound
|
Falkland Islands
(pegged to GBP 1:1)
|
GBP
|
826
|
2
|
Pound sterling
|
United Kingdom
,
Isle of Man
(IM, see
Manx pound
),
Jersey
(JE, see
Jersey pound
),
Guernsey
(GG, see
Guernsey pound
),
Tristan da Cunha
(SH-TA)
|
GEL
|
981
|
2
|
Georgian lari
|
Georgia
|
GHS
|
936
|
2
|
Ghanaian cedi
|
Ghana
|
GIP
|
292
|
2
|
Gibraltar pound
|
Gibraltar
(pegged to GBP 1:1)
|
GMD
|
270
|
2
|
Gambian dalasi
|
Gambia
|
GNF
|
324
|
0
|
Guinean franc
|
Guinea
|
GTQ
|
320
|
2
|
Guatemalan quetzal
|
Guatemala
|
GYD
|
328
|
2
|
Guyanese dollar
|
Guyana
|
HKD
|
344
|
2
|
Hong Kong dollar
|
Hong Kong
|
HNL
|
340
|
2
|
Honduran lempira
|
Honduras
|
HTG
|
332
|
2
|
Haitian gourde
|
Haiti
|
HUF
|
348
|
2
|
Hungarian forint
|
Hungary
|
IDR
|
360
|
2
|
Indonesian rupiah
|
Indonesia
|
ILS
|
376
|
2
|
Israeli new shekel
|
Israel
|
INR
|
356
|
2
|
Indian rupee
|
India
,
Bhutan
|
IQD
|
368
|
3
|
Iraqi dinar
|
Iraq
|
IRR
|
364
|
2
|
Iranian rial
|
Iran
|
ISK
|
352
|
0
|
Icelandic krona
(plural: kronur)
|
Iceland
|
JMD
|
388
|
2
|
Jamaican dollar
|
Jamaica
|
JOD
|
400
|
3
|
Jordanian dinar
|
Jordan
|
JPY
|
392
|
0
|
Japanese yen
|
Japan
|
KES
|
404
|
2
|
Kenyan shilling
|
Kenya
|
KGS
|
417
|
2
|
Kyrgyzstani som
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
KHR
|
116
|
2
|
Cambodian riel
|
Cambodia
|
KMF
|
174
|
0
|
Comoro franc
|
Comoros
|
KPW
|
408
|
2
|
North Korean won
|
North Korea
|
KRW
|
410
|
0
[e]
|
South Korean won
|
South Korea
|
KWD
|
414
|
3
|
Kuwaiti dinar
|
Kuwait
|
KYD
|
136
|
2
|
Cayman Islands dollar
|
Cayman Islands
|
KZT
|
398
|
2
|
Kazakhstani tenge
|
Kazakhstan
|
LAK
|
418
|
2
|
Lao kip
|
Laos
|
LBP
|
422
|
2
|
Lebanese pound
|
Lebanon
|
LKR
|
144
|
2
|
Sri Lankan rupee
|
Sri Lanka
|
LRD
|
430
|
2
|
Liberian dollar
|
Liberia
|
LSL
|
426
|
2
|
Lesotho loti
|
Lesotho
|
LYD
|
434
|
3
|
Libyan dinar
|
Libya
|
MAD
|
504
|
2
|
Moroccan dirham
|
Morocco
,
Western Sahara
|
MDL
|
498
|
2
|
Moldovan leu
|
Moldova
|
MGA
|
969
|
2
[f]
|
Malagasy ariary
|
Madagascar
|
MKD
|
807
|
2
|
Macedonian denar
|
North Macedonia
|
MMK
|
104
|
2
|
Myanmar kyat
|
Myanmar
|
MNT
|
496
|
2
|
Mongolian togrog
|
Mongolia
|
MOP
|
446
|
2
|
Macanese pataca
|
Macau
|
MRU
|
929
|
2
[f]
[10]
|
Mauritanian ouguiya
|
Mauritania
|
MUR
|
480
|
2
|
Mauritian rupee
|
Mauritius
|
MVR
|
462
|
2
|
Maldivian rufiyaa
|
Maldives
|
MWK
|
454
|
2
|
Malawian kwacha
|
Malawi
|
MXN
|
484
|
2
|
Mexican peso
|
Mexico
|
MXV
|
979
|
2
|
Mexican Unidad de Inversion
(UDI) (funds code)
|
Mexico
|
MYR
|
458
|
2
|
Malaysian ringgit
|
Malaysia
|
MZN
|
943
|
2
|
Mozambican metical
|
Mozambique
|
NAD
|
516
|
2
|
Namibian dollar
|
Namibia
(pegged to ZAR 1:1)
|
NGN
|
566
|
2
|
Nigerian naira
|
Nigeria
|
NIO
|
558
|
2
|
Nicaraguan cordoba
|
Nicaragua
|
NOK
|
578
|
2
|
Norwegian krone
|
Norway
,
Svalbard
and
Jan Mayen
(SJ),
Bouvet Island
(BV)
|
NPR
|
524
|
2
|
Nepalese rupee
|
Nepal
|
NZD
|
554
|
2
|
New Zealand dollar
|
New Zealand
,
Cook Islands
(CK),
Niue
(NU),
Pitcairn Islands
(PN; see also
Pitcairn Islands dollar
),
Tokelau
(TK)
|
OMR
|
512
|
3
|
Omani rial
|
Oman
|
PAB
|
590
|
2
|
Panamanian balboa
|
Panama
|
PEN
|
604
|
2
|
Peruvian sol
|
Peru
|
PGK
|
598
|
2
|
Papua New Guinean kina
|
Papua New Guinea
|
PHP
|
608
|
2
|
Philippine peso
[11]
|
Philippines
|
PKR
|
586
|
2
|
Pakistani rupee
|
Pakistan
|
PLN
|
985
|
2
|
Polish złoty
|
Poland
|
PYG
|
600
|
0
|
Paraguayan guarani
|
Paraguay
|
QAR
|
634
|
2
|
Qatari riyal
|
Qatar
|
RON
|
946
|
2
|
Romanian leu
|
Romania
|
RSD
|
941
|
2
|
Serbian dinar
|
Serbia
|
RUB
|
643
|
2
|
Russian ruble
|
Russia
|
RWF
|
646
|
0
|
Rwandan franc
|
Rwanda
|
SAR
|
682
|
2
|
Saudi riyal
|
Saudi Arabia
|
SBD
|
090
|
2
|
Solomon Islands dollar
|
Solomon Islands
|
SCR
|
690
|
2
|
Seychelles rupee
|
Seychelles
|
SDG
|
938
|
2
|
Sudanese pound
|
Sudan
|
SEK
|
752
|
2
|
Swedish krona
(plural: kronor)
|
Sweden
|
SGD
|
702
|
2
|
Singapore dollar
|
Singapore
|
SHP
|
654
|
2
|
Saint Helena pound
|
Saint Helena
(SH-SH),
Ascension Island
(SH-AC)
|
SLE
|
925
|
2
|
Sierra Leonean leone
(new leone)
[12]
[13]
[14]
|
Sierra Leone
|
SLL
|
694
|
2
|
Sierra Leonean leone
(old leone)
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
|
Sierra Leone
|
SOS
|
706
|
2
|
Somalian shilling
|
Somalia
|
SRD
|
968
|
2
|
Surinamese dollar
|
Suriname
|
SSP
|
728
|
2
|
South Sudanese pound
|
South Sudan
|
STN
|
930
|
2
[16]
|
Sao Tome and Principe dobra
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
SVC
|
222
|
2
|
Salvadoran colon
|
El Salvador
|
SYP
|
760
|
2
|
Syrian pound
|
Syria
|
SZL
|
748
|
2
|
Swazi lilangeni
|
Eswatini
[11]
|
THB
|
764
|
2
|
Thai baht
|
Thailand
|
TJS
|
972
|
2
|
Tajikistani somoni
|
Tajikistan
|
TMT
|
934
|
2
|
Turkmenistan manat
|
Turkmenistan
|
TND
|
788
|
3
|
Tunisian dinar
|
Tunisia
|
TOP
|
776
|
2
|
Tongan pa?anga
|
Tonga
|
TRY
|
949
|
2
|
Turkish lira
|
Turkey
|
TTD
|
780
|
2
|
Trinidad and Tobago dollar
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
TWD
|
901
|
2
|
New Taiwan dollar
|
Taiwan
|
TZS
|
834
|
2
|
Tanzanian shilling
|
Tanzania
|
UAH
|
980
|
2
|
Ukrainian hryvnia
|
Ukraine
|
UGX
|
800
|
0
|
Ugandan shilling
|
Uganda
|
USD
|
840
|
2
|
United States dollar
|
United States
,
American Samoa
(AS),
British Indian Ocean Territory
(IO) (also uses GBP),
British Virgin Islands
(VG),
Caribbean Netherlands
(BQ ? Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba),
Ecuador
(EC),
El Salvador
(SV),
Guam
(GU),
Marshall Islands
(MH),
Federated States of Micronesia
(FM),
Northern Mariana Islands
(MP),
Palau
(PW),
Panama
(PA) (as well as
Panamanian Balboa
),
Puerto Rico
(PR),
Timor-Leste
(TL),
Turks and Caicos Islands
(TC),
U.S. Virgin Islands
(VI),
United States Minor Outlying Islands
(UM)
|
USN
|
997
|
2
|
United States dollar (next day) (funds code)
|
United States
|
UYI
|
940
|
0
|
Uruguay Peso en Unidades Indexadas (URUIURUI) (funds code)
|
Uruguay
|
UYU
|
858
|
2
|
Uruguayan peso
|
Uruguay
|
UYW
|
927
|
4
|
Unidad previsional
[17]
|
Uruguay
|
UZS
|
860
|
2
|
Uzbekistani sum
|
Uzbekistan
|
VED
|
926
|
2
|
Venezuelan digital bolivar
[18]
|
Venezuela
|
VES
|
928
|
2
|
Venezuelan sovereign bolivar
[11]
|
Venezuela
|
VND
|
704
|
0
|
Vietnamese đ?ng
|
Vietnam
|
VUV
|
548
|
0
|
Vanuatu vatu
|
Vanuatu
|
WST
|
882
|
2
|
Samoan tala
|
Samoa
|
XAF
|
950
|
0
|
CFA franc BEAC
|
Cameroon
(CM),
Central African Republic
(CF),
Republic of the Congo
(CG),
Chad
(TD),
Equatorial Guinea
(GQ),
Gabon
(GA)
|
XAG
|
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 dollar
|
Anguilla
(AI),
Antigua and Barbuda
(AG),
Dominica
(DM),
Grenada
(GD),
Montserrat
(MS),
Saint Kitts and Nevis
(KN),
Saint Lucia
(LC),
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(VC)
|
XDR
|
960
|
.
|
Special drawing rights
|
International Monetary Fund
|
XOF
|
952
|
0
|
CFA franc BCEAO
|
Benin
(BJ),
Burkina Faso
(BF),
Cote d'Ivoire
(CI),
Guinea-Bissau
(GW),
Mali
(ML),
Niger
(NE),
Senegal
(SN),
Togo
(TG)
|
XPD
|
964
|
.
|
Palladium
(one
troy ounce
)
|
|
XPF
|
953
|
0
|
CFP franc
(franc Pacifique)
|
French territories of the Pacific Ocean:
French Polynesia
(PF),
New Caledonia
(NC),
Wallis and Futuna
(WF)
|
XPT
|
962
|
.
|
Platinum
(one
troy ounce
)
|
|
XSU
|
994
|
.
|
SUCRE
|
Unified System for Regional Compensation (SUCRE)
[19]
|
XTS
|
963
|
.
|
Code reserved for testing
|
|
XUA
|
965
|
.
|
ADB Unit of Account
|
African Development Bank
[20]
|
XXX
|
999
|
.
|
No currency
|
|
YER
|
886
|
2
|
Yemeni rial
|
Yemen
|
ZAR
|
710
|
2
|
South African rand
|
Eswatini
,
Lesotho
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
|
ZMW
|
967
|
2
|
Zambian kwacha
|
Zambia
|
ZWL
|
932
|
2
|
Zimbabwean dollar
(fifth)
[g]
|
Zimbabwe
|
According to UN/CEFACT recommendation 9, paragraphs 8?9 ECE/TRADE/203, 1996:
[21]
- 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 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.
Historical codes
[
edit
]
A number of currencies had official ISO 4217 currency codes and currency names until their replacement by another currency. The table below shows the ISO currency codes of former currencies and their common names (which do not always match the ISO 4217 names). That table has been introduced end 1988 by ISO.
[22]
Currency details
[
edit
]
Minor unit fractions
[
edit
]
The 2008 (7th) edition of ISO 4217 says the following about minor units of currency:
Requirements sometimes arise for values to be expressed in terms of minor units of currency. When this occurs, it is necessary to know the decimal relationship that exists between the currency concerned and its minor unit. This information has therefore been included in this International Standard and is shown in the column headed "Minor unit" in Tables A.1 and A.2; "0" means that there is no minor unit for that currency, whereas "1", "2" and "3" signify a ratio of 10:1, 100:1 and
1000
:1 respectively. The names of the minor units are not given.
Examples for the ratios of
100
:1 and
1000
:1 include the
United States dollar
and the
Bahraini dinar
, for which the column headed "Minor unit" shows "2" and "3", respectively. As of 2021
[update]
, two currencies have non-decimal ratios, the
Mauritanian ouguiya
and the
Malagasy ariary
; in both cases the ratio is 5:1. For these, the "Minor unit" column shows the number "2". Some currencies, such as the
Burundian franc
, do not in practice have any minor currency unit at all. These show the number "0", as with currencies whose minor units are unused due to negligible value.
[
citation needed
]
Code position in amount formatting
[
edit
]
The ISO standard does not regulate either the spacing, prefixing or suffixing in usage of currency codes. The
style guide
of the
European Union
's Publication Office declares that, for texts issued by or through the Commission in
English
,
Irish
,
Latvian
and
Maltese
, the ISO 4217 code is to be followed by a "hard space" (
non-breaking space
) and the amount:
[41]
- a sum of EUR 30
and for texts in
Bulgarian
,
Croatian
,
Czech
,
Danish
,
Dutch
,
Estonian
,
Finnish
,
French
,
German
,
Greek
,
Hungarian
,
Italian
,
Lithuanian
,
Polish
,
Portuguese
,
Romanian
,
Slovak
,
Slovene
,
Spanish
and
Swedish
the order is reversed; the amount is followed by a non-breaking space and the ISO 4217 code:
- une somme de 30 EUR
As illustrated, the order is determined not by the currency but by the native language of the document context.
USD, USN: two US currency codes
[
edit
]
The
US dollar
has two codes assigned: USD and USN ("US dollar next day"). The USS (same day) code is not in use any longer, and was removed from the list of active ISO 4217 codes in March 2014.
Non ISO 4217 currencies
[
edit
]
Currencies without ISO 4217 currency codes
[
edit
]
A number of active currencies do not have an ISO 4217 code, because they may be:
See
Category:Fixed exchange rate
for a list of all currently pegged currencies.
Non-standard codes
[
edit
]
Despite having no presence or status in the standard,
three letter acronyms
that resemble ISO 4217 coding are sometimes used locally or commercially to represent
de facto
currencies or currency instruments.
Active abbreviations resembling ISO 4217 currency codes
Unofficial
code
|
ISO 4217
code
|
D
[a]
|
Currency
|
Locations using this currency
|
Notes
|
BDS
[43]
[j]
|
BBD
|
2
|
Barbados dollar
|
Barbados
|
The Government of Barbados and Central Bank of Barbados sometimes use the abbreviation "BDS" rather than the official ISO 4217 "BBD". BDS conflicts with ISO 4217, because BD is reserved for Bangladesh.
|
CNH
[44]
|
?
|
2
|
Renminbi
(offshore)
|
Hong Kong
|
The code CNH is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving
H
ong Kong. See
Offshore Renminbi (CNH)
. The USD/CNY rate and the USD/CNH rate are, usually, different.
[45]
|
CNT
[46]
|
?
|
2
|
Renminbi
(offshore)
|
Taiwan
|
The code CNT is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving
T
aiwan. See
Other markets
.
|
GGP
[47]
|
?
|
2
|
Guernsey pound
|
Guernsey
|
|
IMP
[47]
|
?
|
2
|
Manx pound
|
Isle of Man
|
|
JEP
[47]
|
?
|
2
|
Jersey pound
|
Jersey
|
|
KID
[48]
|
?
|
2
|
Kiribati dollar
|
Kiribati
|
|
NIS
[49]
|
ILS
|
2
|
Israeli shekel
|
Israel
|
NIS stands for
N
ew
I
sraeli
S
hekel
, the currency that replaced the
first Israeli shekel
due to hyperinflation. NIS conflicts with ISO 4217, because NI stands for Nicaragua.
|
NTD
[50]
|
TWD
|
2
|
New Taiwan dollar
|
Taiwan
|
|
PRB
[51]
|
?
|
2
|
Transnistrian ruble
|
Transnistria
|
Transnistria is an unrecognised state and is
de facto
rather than
de jure
independent. PRB conflicts with ISO 4217, because PR stands for Puerto Rico.
|
SLS
[52]
|
?
|
2
|
Somaliland shilling
|
Somaliland
|
Somaliland is an unrecognised state and is
de facto
rather than
de jure
independent. SLS conflicts with ISO 4217, because SL stands for Sierra Leone.
|
STG
[53]
|
GBP
|
2
|
Sterling
|
United Kingdom
|
STG stands for
ST
erlin
G
, the official name of the United Kingdom's currency, of which the
pound
is the main unit. While not an ISO code, "STG" is nonetheless the
CHAPS
real-time gross settlement
and
clearing
code for sterling recognized by
SWIFT
. It is listed in
ISO 20022
as a registered external code used by SWIFT.
[54]
STG conflicts with ISO 4217, because ST stands for Sao Tome and Principe.
|
RMB
|
CNY
|
2
|
Renminbi
|
Mainland China
|
RMB stands for
R
en
M
in
B
i
, the official name of the Chinese currency, of which the
yuan
is the main unit. RMB conflicts with ISO 4217 because RM is reserved for Madagascar.
|
TVD
[47]
|
?
|
2
|
Tuvalu dollar
|
Tuvalu
|
TV
is the ISO 3166 two-letter code for Tuvalu
|
ZWB
[55]
|
?
|
2
|
Zimbabwean bonds
|
Zimbabwe
|
Also known as the
RTGS Dollar
.
|
The following non-ISO codes were used in the past.
Unofficial codes for minor units of currency
[
edit
]
Minor units of currency (also known as currency subdivisions or currency subunits) are often used for pricing and trading
stocks
and other assets, such as energy,
[67]
but are not assigned codes by ISO 4217. Two conventions for representing minor units are in widespread use:
- Replacing the third letter of the ISO 4217 Code of the parent currency with an upper-case "X". Examples are GBX
[68]
[67]
[69]
for penny sterling, USX
[68]
for the US Cent, EUX
[68]
[67]
for the Euro Cent.
- Replacing the third letter of the ISO 4217 Code of the parent currency with the first letter of the name of a minor unit, using lower-case. Examples are GBp
[70]
[69]
for Penny Sterling, USc
[70]
for the US Cent, EUc
[70]
for the Euro Cent.
A third convention is similar to the second one but uses an upper-case letter, e.g. ZAC
[71]
for the South African Cent.
Cryptocurrencies
[
edit
]
Cryptocurrencies
have
not
been assigned an ISO 4217 code.
[72]
However, some cryptocurrencies and
cryptocurrency exchanges
use a three-letter acronym that resemble an ISO 4217 code.
See also
[
edit
]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
a
b
c
d
The number of digits after the
decimal separator
.
- ^
Entities listed in the ISO 4217 standard. See the
list of circulating currencies
for
de facto
currency use.
- ^
a
b
c
d
Not part of the European Union, but uses euro via
monetary agreement
.
- ^
a
b
Adopted unilaterally, not an actual part of the eurozone.
- ^
Jeon is defined as 1/100 won by the Bank of Korea Act, Article 47-2,
[9]
but it is not practically used and only used for exchange rates.
- ^
a
b
The
Malagasy ariary
and the
Mauritanian ouguiya
are technically divided into five subunits (the iraimbilanja and khoum respectively) the coins display "1/5" on their face and are referred to as a "fifth" (Khoum/cinquieme); These are not used in practice, but when written out, a single significant digit is used. E.g. 1.2 UM.
- ^
a
b
The
fifth Zimbabwean dollar
, formerly the RTGS dollar until 24 June 2019, reuses ZWL: the
fourth Zimbabwean dollar
also used the code, from 2 February 2009 to 30 September 2015.
- ^
Added on 2005-06-01 with an effective date of 2006-01-01,
[23]
but moved to the historic index and replaced by AZN on 2005-10-13 due to not complying with the currency coding standardization rules.
[24]
- ^
The numeric code for the German Mark was originally 280: it was changed to 276 on 16 April 1999 to align with ISO 3166-1.
[28]
- ^
The Government of Barbados and the Central Bank often use the
International vehicle registration code
code "BDS" instead of the ISO 4217 code "BBD". For example, the Central Bank uses the code "BDS$" for listing past exchange rates on its website.
[43]
- ^
a
b
Not compatible with ISO 4217, as currency codes beginning with MA are reserved to Morocco. However, formerly referred to in the list of historical currencies with a footnote stating that it is a "non ISO code".
[58]
Amended to MLF on 2007-06-18.
[59]
- ^
Croatia and Macedonia issued their own currencies before the 1992 dinar entered circulation. Bosnia and Herzegovina issued their own currency when the 1992 dinar entered circulation.
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