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. 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. However, there are some countries that have a Minor currency unit that is 1/10, 1/20 or even 1/5 of the Major currency unit. A few countries do not have a Minor currency unit at all. The first two letters of the code are the 2 letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes.

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".

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.

Over time, new currencies are created and old currencies are discontinued. 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

• AED[?] United Arab Emirates Dirham
• AFA[?] Afghani
• ALL Albanian Lek
• AMD Armenian Dram
• ANG[?] Netherlands Antillian Guilder
• AOA[?] Angolan Kwanza
• ARS[?] Argentine Peso
• AUD Australian Dollar
• AWG[?] Aruban Guilder
• AZM[?] Azerbaijani Manat

• BAM[?] Bosnia-Herzegovina Convertible Marks
• BBD[?] Barbados Dollar
• BDT[?] Bangladesh Taka
• BGL[?] Bulgarian Lev
• BGN[?] Bulgarian Lev
• BHD[?] Bahraini Dinar
• BIF[?] Burundi Franc
• BMD[?] Bermuda Dollar
• BND Brunei Dollar
• BOB[?] Bolivian Boliviano
• BOV[?] Bolivian Mvdol (Funds code)
• BRL[?] Brazilian Real
• BSD Bahamian Dollar
• BTN[?] Bhutan Ngultrum
• BWP[?] Botswana Pula
• BYR[?] Belarussian Ruble
• BZD[?] Belize Dollar

• CAD Canadian Dollar
• CDF[?] Franc Congolais
• CHF[?] Swiss Franc
• CLF[?] Chilean Unidades de fomento (Funds code)
• CLP[?] Chilean Peso
• CNY Yuan Renminbi
• COP[?] Colombian Peso
• CRC Costa Rican Colon
• CUP[?] Cuban Peso
• CVE[?] Cape Verde Escudo
• CYP[?] Cyprus Pound
• CZK[?] Czech Koruna

• DJF[?] Djibouti Franc
• DKK[?] Danish Krone
• DOP[?] Dominican Peso
• DZD[?] Algerian Dinar

• EEK Estonian Kroon
• EGP[?] Egyptian Pound

• ERN[?] Eritrean Nakfa
• ETB[?] Ethiopian Birr
• EUR Euro

• FJD[?] Fiji Dollar
• FKP[?] Falkland Islands Pound

• GBP Pound Sterling
• GEL[?] Georgian Lari
• GHC[?] Ghana Cedi
• GIP[?] Gibraltar Pound
• GMD[?] Gambian Dalasi
• GNF[?] Guinea Franc
• GTQ Guatemalan Quetzal
• GWP[?] Guinea-Bissau Peso
• GYD[?] Guyana Dollar

• HKD[?] Hong Kong Dollar
• HNL[?] Honduran Lempira
• HRK Croatian Kuna
• HTG[?] Haitian Gourde
• HUF[?] Hungarian Forint

• IDR[?] Indonesian Rupiah
• ILS New Israeli Shekel
• INR[?] Indian Rupee
• IQD[?] Iraqi Dinar
• IRR Iranian Rial
• ISK Iceland Krona

• JMD[?] Jamaican Dollar
• JOD[?] Jordanian Dinar
• JPY Japanese Yen

• KES[?] Kenyan Shilling
• KGS[?] Kyrgyzstan Som[?]
• KHR[?] Cambodian Riel[?]
• KMF[?] Comoro Franc
• KPW[?] North Korean Won
• KRW[?] South Korean Won
• KWD[?] Kuwaiti Dinar
• KYD[?] Cayman Islands Dollar
• KZT[?] Kazakhstan Tenge

• LAK[?] Lao Kip
• LBP[?] Lebanese Pound
• LKR[?] Sri Lanka Rupee
• LRD[?] Liberian Dollar
• LSL[?] Lesotho Loti
• LTL[?] Lithuanian Litus
• LVL[?] Latvian Lats
• LYD[?] Libyan Dinar

• MAD Moroccan Dirham
• MDL[?] Moldovan Leu
• MGF[?] Malagasy Franc
• MKD[?] Macedonia(Former Yug. Rep.) Denar
• MMK[?] Myanmar Kyat
• MNT[?] Mongolian Tugrik
• MOP[?] Macau Pataca
• MRO[?] Mauritania Ouguiya
• MTL[?] Maltese Lira
• MUR[?] Mauritius Rupee
• MVR[?] Maldives Rufiyaa
• MWK[?] Malawi Kwacha
• MXN[?] Mexican Peso
• MXV[?] Mexican Unidad de Inversion (UDI) (Funds code)
• MYR[?] Malaysian Ringgit
• MZM[?] Moazambique Metical

• NAD[?] Namibia Dollar
• NGN[?] Nigerian Naira
• NIO[?] Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro
• NOK Norwegian Krone
• NPR Nepalese Rupee
• NZD New Zealand Dollar

• OMR[?] Rial Omani

• PAB[?] Panama Balboa
• PEN[?] Peruvian Nuevo Sol
• PGK[?] Papua New Guinea Kina
• PHP Philippine Peso
• PKR[?] Pakistan Rupee
• PLN Polish Zloty
• PYG[?] Paraguay Guarani

• QAR[?] Qatari Rial

• ROL Romanian Leu
• RUB[?] Russian Ruble
• RUR[?] Russian Ruble
• RWF[?] Rwanda Franc

• SAR Saudi Riyal
• SBD[?] Solomon Islands Dollar
• SCR[?] Seychelles Rupee
• SDD[?] Sudanese Dinar
• SEK Swedish Krona
• SGD[?] Singapore Dollar
• SHP[?] Saint Helena Pound
• SIT Slovene Tolar
• SKK[?] Slovak Koruna
• SLL[?] Sierra Leonean Leone
• SOS Somali Shilling
• SRG[?] Suriname Guilder
• STD São Tomé and Principe Dobra
• SVC El Salvador Colon
• SYP[?] Syrian Pound
• SZL[?] Swaziland Lilangeni

• THB Thai Baht
• TJS[?] Tajikistan Somoni
• TMM[?] Turkmenistan Manat
• TND[?] Tunisian Dinar
• TOP[?] Tongan Pa?anga
• TPE[?] Timor Escudo
• TRL Turkish Lira
• TTD Trinidad and Tobago Dollar
• TWD[?] New Taiwan Dollar
• TZS[?] Tanzanian Shilling

• UAH[?] Ukrainian Hryvnia
• UGX[?] Uganda Shilling
• USD United States Dollar
• USN United States Dollar (Next day) (Funds code)
• 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)
• UYU[?] Peso Uruguayo
• UZS[?] Uzbekistan Sum

• VEB Venezuelan Bolivar
• VND[?] Viet Nam Dong
• VUV[?] Vanuatu Vatu

• WST[?] Samoa Tala

• XAF[?] CFA Franc BEAC
• XAG[?] Silver
• XAU[?] Gold
• XBA[?] European Composite Unit[?] (EURCO) (Bonds market unit)
• XBB[?] European Monetary Unit[?] (E.M.U.-6) (Bonds market unit)
• XBC[?] European Unit of Account 9[?] (E.U.A.-9) (Bonds market unit)
• XBD[?] European Unit of Account 17[?] (E.U.A.-17) (Bonds market unit)
• XCD[?] East Caribbean Dollar
• XDR[?] Special Drawing Rights (IMF)
• XFO[?] Gold-Franc[?] (Special settlement currency)
• XFU[?] UIC Franc (Special settlement currency)
• XOF[?] CFA Franc BCEAO
• XPD[?] Palladium
• XPF[?] CFP Franc[?]
• XPT[?] Platinum
• XTS[?] Code reserved for testing purposes
• XXX No currency

• YER[?] Yemeni Rial
• YUM[?] Yugoslavian Dinar

• ZAR[?] South African Rand
• ZMK[?] Zambian Kwacha
• ZWD[?] Zimbabwe Dollar

Obsolete Currency Codes

• ADP Andorran Peseta (Euro)
• AON[?] Angolan New Kwanza (replaced by AOA)
• AOR[?] Angolan Kwanza Readjustado (replaced by AOA)
• ATS[?] Austrian Schilling (Euro)
• BEC Belgian Franc (convertible)
• BEF[?] Belgian Franc (Euro)
• BEL[?] Belgian Franc (financial)
• CSK[?] Czechoslovakia Koruna
• DDM[?] Mark der DDR (East Germany)
• DEM[?] Deutsche Mark (Euro)
• ECS Ecuador Sucre (replaced by USD)
• ECV[?] Ecuador Unidad de Valor Constante (Funds code) (discontinued)
• ESA Spanish Peseta (account A)
• ESB[?] Spanish Peseta (account B)
• ESP Spanish Peseta (Euro)
• FIM[?] Finnish Markka (Euro)
• FRF[?] French Franc (Euro)
• GRD Greek Drachma (Euro)
• IEP[?] Irish Pound (Euro)
• ITL[?] Italian Lira (Euro)
• LUF[?] Luxembourg Franc (Euro)
• MXP[?] Mexican Peso (replaced by MXN)
• NLG[?] Netherlands Guilder (Euro)
• PLZ[?] Polish Zloty (replaced by PLN)
• PTE[?] Portuguese Escudo (Euro)
• SUR[?] Soviet Union Rouble
• XEU[?] European Currency Unit (replaced by EUR)
• YUD[?] New Yugoslavian Dinar (replaced by YUM)
• ZAL[?] South African financial rand (Funds code) (discontinued)
• ZRN[?] New Zaire (replaced by CDF)
• ZRZ[?] Zaire (replaced by ZRN, then by CDF)

See also

• Currency (with a list by name)
• Table of historical exchange rates

External links

• To look up both numeric and alphabetic ISO 4217 currency codes, see http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/currency_table.
• ISO 4217/MA (http://www.bsi-global.com/Technical+Information/Publications/_Publications/tig90.xalter) – ISO 4217 Maintenance Authority at the British Standards Institute – includes list of currency codes (not up-to-date).