ISO 4217

ISO 4217 is an international standard describing three letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are similar to those used 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, all with wildly differing values.

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. Mauritania does not use a decimal division of units, setting 1 ouguiya (UM) = 5 khoums, and Madagascar has 1 ariary = 5 iraimbilanja.

ISO 4217 includes codes for not only currencies, but also codes for precious metals (gold, silver, palladium and platinum; normally measured in troy ounces) 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". ISO 3166 never assigns country codes beginning with "X", 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". However, the Euro is represented by the code EUR; although EU is not an ISO 3166-1 country code, it was used anyway, and in order to do so EU was added to 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.

Contents

1 History 2 Active codes 3 Obsolete currency codes 3.1 Replaced by Euro 3.2 Replaced for other reasons 4 See also 5 External links

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

1. AED United Arab Emirates dirham
2. AFN Afghan afghani
3. ALL Albanian lek
4. AMD Armenian dram
5. ANG Netherlands Antillian guilder
6. AOA Angolan kwanza
7. ARS Argentine peso
8. AUD Australian dollar
9. AWG Aruban guilder
10. AZM Azerbaijani manat
11. BAM Bosnia-Herzegovina convertible mark
12. BBD Barbadian dollar
13. BDT Bangladeshi taka
14. BGN Bulgarian lev (since 1999-07-05)
15. BHD Bahraini dinar
16. BIF Burundi franc
17. BMD Bermuda dollar
18. BND Brunei dollar
19. BOB Bolivian boliviano
20. BOV Bolivian Mvdol (Funds code)
21. BRL Brazilian real
22. BSD Bahamian dollar
23. BTN Bhutan ngultrum
24. BWP Botswana pula
25. BYR Belarusian ruble
26. BZD Belize dollar
27. CAD Canadian dollar
28. CDF Congolese franc
29. CHF Swiss franc
30. CLF Chilean Unidades de fomento (Funds code)
31. CLP Chilean peso
32. CNY Yuan renminbi (PR China)
33. COP Colombian peso
34. COU Colombian unidad de valor real (added to the COP)
35. CRC Costa Rican colón
36. CSD Serbian dinar
37. CUC Cuban convertible peso (replaced USD as additional national currency in November 2004)
38. CUP Cuban peso (still in use)
39. CVE Cape Verde escudo
40. CYP Cyprus pound
41. CZK Czech koruna
42. DJF Djibouti franc
43. DKK Danish krone
44. DOP Dominican peso
45. DZD Algerian dinar
46. EEK Estonian kroon
47. EGP Egyptian pound
48. ERN Eritrea nakfa
49. ETB Ethiopian birr
50. EUR European Union euro
51. FJD Fijian dollar
52. FKP Falkland Islands pound
53. GBP Great British Pound
54. GEL Georgian lari
55. GHC Ghana cedi
56. GIP Gibraltar pound
57. GMD Gambian dalasi
58. GNF Guinea franc
59. GTQ Guatemalan quetzal
60. GYD Guyanese dollar
61. HKD Hong Kong dollar
62. HNL Honduran lempira
63. HRK Croatian kuna
64. HTG Haitian gourde
65. HUF Hungarian forint
66. IDR Indonesian rupiah
67. ILS New Israeli shekel
68. INR Indian rupee
69. IQD Iraqi dinar
70. IRR Iranian Rial
71. ISK Icelandic króna
72. JMD Jamaican dollar
73. JOD Jordanian dinar
74. JPY Japanese yen
75. KES Kenyan shilling
76. KGS Kyrgyzstan som
77. KHR Cambodian riel
78. KMF Comorian franc
79. KPW North Korean won
80. KRW South Korean won
81. KWD Kuwaiti dinar
82. KYD Cayman Islands dollar
83. KZT Kazakhstan tenge
84. LAK Lao kip
85. LBP Lebanese pound
86. LKR Sri Lankan rupee
87. LRD Liberian dollar
88. LSL Lesotho loti
89. LTL Lithuanian litas
90. LVL Latvian lat
91. LYD Libyan dinar
92. MAD Moroccan dirham
93. MDL Moldovan leu
94. MGA Malagasy ariary
95. MKD Macedonian (Former Yug. Rep.) denar
96. MMK Myanmar kyat
97. MNT Mongolian tugrik
98. MOP Macau pataca
99. MRO Mauritanian ouguiya
100. MTL Maltese lira
101. MUR Mauritius rupee
102. MVR Maldives rufiyaa
103. MWK Malawi kwacha
104. MXN Mexican peso
105. MXV Mexican Unidad de Inversión (UDI) (Funds code)
106. MYR Malaysian ringgit
107. MZM Mozambique metical
108. NAD Namibian dollar
109. NGN Nigerian naira
110. NIO Nicaraguan córdoba
111. NOK Norwegian krone
112. NPR Nepalese rupee
113. NZD New Zealand dollar
114. OMR Omani rial
115. PAB Panamanian balboa
116. PEN Peruvian nuevo sol
117. PGK Papua New Guinea kina
118. PHP Philippine peso
119. PKR Pakistani rupee
120. PLN Polish zloty
121. PYG Paraguayan guaraní
122. QAR Qatari rial
123. ROL Romanian leu
124. RUB Russian ruble
125. RWF Rwandan franc
126. SAR Saudi Arabian riyal
127. SBD Solomon Islands dollar
128. SCR Seychelles rupee
129. SDD Sudanese dinar
130. SEK Swedish krona
131. SGD Singapore dollar
132. SHP Saint Helena pound
133. SIT Slovene tolar
134. SKK Slovak koruna
135. SLL Sierra Leonean leone
136. SOS Somali shilling
137. SRD Suriname dollar (since 2004-01-01)
138. STD São Tomé and Príncipe dobra
139. SVC Salvadoran colón
140. SYP Syrian pound
141. SZL Swaziland lilangeni
142. THB Thai baht
143. TJS Tajikistani somoni
144. TMM Turkmen manat
145. TND Tunisian dinar
146. TOP Tongan Pa'anga
147. TPE Timor Escudo
148. TRY New Turkish lira
149. TTD Trinidad and Tobago dollar
150. TWD New Taiwan dollar
151. TZS Tanzanian shilling
152. UAH Ukrainian hryvnia
153. UGX Ugandan shilling
154. USD United States dollar
155. USN United States dollar (Next day) (Funds code)
156. USS 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)
157. UYU Uruguayan peso
158. UZS Uzbekistani som
159. VEB Venezuelan bolívar
160. VND Viet Nam dong
161. VUV Vanuatu vatu
162. WST Samoa Tala
163. XAF CFA franc BEAC
164. XAG Silver ounce
165. XAU Gold ounce
166. XBA European Composite Unit (EURCO) (Bonds market unit)
167. XBB European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.-6) (Bonds market unit)
168. XBC European Unit of Account 9 (E.U.A.-9) (Bonds market unit)
169. XBD European Unit of Account 17 (E.U.A.-17) (Bonds market unit)
170. XCD East Caribbean dollar
171. XDR Special Drawing Rights (IMF)
172. XFO Gold-franc (Special settlement currency)
173. XFU UIC franc (Special settlement currency)
174. XOF CFA franc BCEAO
175. XPD Palladium ounce
176. XPF CFP franc
177. XPT Platinum ounce
178. XTS Code reserved for testing purposes
179. XXX No currency
180. YER Yemeni rial
181. ZAR South African rand
182. ZMK Zambian kwacha
183. ZWD Zimbabwe dollar

Obsolete currency codes

Replaced by Euro

1. ADP Andorran Peseta
2. ATS Austrian Schilling
3. BEF Belgian Franc
4. DEM Deutsche Mark
5. ESP Spanish Peseta
6. FIM Finnish Markka
7. FRF French Franc
8. GRD Greek Drachma
9. IEP Irish Pound
10. ITL Italian Lira
11. LUF Luxembourg Franc
12. NLG Netherlands Guilder
13. PTE Portuguese Escudo

In addition, the currency code XEU has been replaced by EUR

Replaced for other reasons

1. AFA Afghani (replaced by AFN)
2. ALK Albanian old lek
3. AON Angolan New Kwanza (replaced by AOA)
4. AOR Angolan Kwanza Readjustado (replaced by AOA)
5. ARP Peso Argentino
6. ARY Argentine peso
7. BEC Belgian Franc (financial)
8. BEC Belgian Franc (convertible)
9. BGJ Bulgarian lev A/52
10. BGK Bulgarian lev A/62
11. BGL Bulgarian Lev (before 1999-07-05)
12. BOP Bolivian peso
13. BRB Brazilian cruzeiro
14. BRC Brazilian cruzado
15. CNX Chinese People's Bank dollar
16. CSJ Czechoslovak Koruna A/53
17. CSK Czechoslovak Koruna
18. DDM Mark der DDR (East Germany)
19. ECS Ecuador Sucre (replaced by USD)
20. ECV Ecuador Unidad de Valor Constante (Funds code) (discontinued)
21. EQE Equatorial Guinean ekwele
22. ESA Spanish Peseta (account A)
23. ESB Spanish Peseta (account B)
24. GNE Guinean syli
25. GWP Guinea Peso (replaced by XOF)
26. ILP Israeli pound
27. ILR Israeli old shekel
28. ISJ Icelandic old krona
29. LAJ Lao Kip Pot Pol
30. MAF Mali franc
31. MGF Malagasy franc (replaced by MGA)
32. MVQ Maldive rupee
33. MXP Mexican Peso (replaced by MXN)
34. PEH Peruvian sol
35. PLZ Polish Zloty (replaced by PLN)
36. ROK Romanian leu A/52
37. RUR Russian Ruble (replaced by RUB)
38. SRG Suriname Guilder (replaced by SRD)
39. SUR Soviet Union Rouble
40. TPE Timor Escudo
41. TRL Turkish lira (replaced by TRY)
42. UGW Ugandan old shilling
43. UYN Old Uruguay peso
44. VNC Vietnamese old dong
45. YDD South Yemeni dinar (replaced by YER)
46. YUD New Yugoslavian Dinar (replaced by YUM)
47. YUM Yugoslavian Dinar (Serbian dinar - CSD)
48. ZAL South African financial rand (Funds code) (discontinued)
49. ZRN New Zaire (replaced by CDF)
50. ZRZ Zaire (replaced by ZRN, then by CDF)
51. ZWC Zimbabwe Rhodesian dollar

See also

• Currency (with a list by name)
• Table of historical exchange rates
• List of international trade topics
• SWIFT and List of SWIFT codes

External links

• The official list of ISO-4217 alphabetic and numeric codes (http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/popstds/currencycodeslist.html)
• An older list of ISO-4217 alphabetic codes that contains some history of ISO-4217 (http://www.unece.org/cefact/recommendations/rec09/rec09_ecetrd203.pdf) (PDF file)
• Another list of numeric and alphabetic ISO 4217 currency codes (http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_table.html)
• Currency conversion:
  • http://www.xe.com/ucc/
  • http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic
• Travelex Country and Currency Guide (http://www.fx4business.com/services/EasyReference.html)ca:ISO 4217

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