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:
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.[1]
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.
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.[2]
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.[3] So Japan's currency code is : "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:
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.
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 which is also the ISO 3166-1 code for "US" (United States).
The following is a list of active codes of official ISO 4217 currency names .In the standard the values are called "alphabetic code", "numeric code", "minor unit", and "entity".
| Code | Num | Currency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AED | 784 | 2 |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| AFN | 971 | 2 |  Afghanistan | ||
| ALL | 008 | 2 |  Albania | ||
| AMD | 051 | 2 |  Armenia | ||
| ANG | 532 | 2 | (CW), (SX) | ||
| AOA | 973 | 2 |  Angola | ||
| ARS | 032 | 2 |  Argentina | ||
| AUD | 036 | 2 |  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 |  Aruba | ||
| AZN | 944 | 2 |  Azerbaijan | ||
| BAM | 977 | 2 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||
| BBD | 052 | 2 |  Barbados | ||
| BDT | 050 | 2 |  Bangladesh | ||
| BGN | 975 | 2 |  Bulgaria | ||
| BHD | 048 | 3 |  Bahrain | ||
| BIF | 108 | 0 |  Burundi | ||
| BMD | 060 | 2 |  Bermuda | ||
| BND | 096 | 2 |  Brunei Darussalam | ||
| BOB | 068 | 2 | |||
| BOV | 984 | 2 | Bolivian Mvdol (funds code) | ||
| BRL | 986 | 2 |  Brazil | ||
| BSD | 044 | 2 |  Bahamas | ||
| BTN | 064 | 2 |  Bhutan | ||
| BWP | 072 | 2 |  Botswana | ||
| BYN | 933 | 2 |  Belarus | ||
| BZD | 084 | 2 |  Belize | ||
| CAD | 124 | 2 |  Canada | ||
| CDF | 976 | 2 | |||
| CHE | 947 | 2 | WIR euro (complementary currency) |  Switzerland | |
| CHF | 756 | 2 | Switzerland,  Liechtenstein (LI) | ||
| CHW | 948 | 2 | WIR franc (complementary currency) | Switzerland | |
| CLF | 990 | 4 | Unidad de Fomento (funds code) |  Chile | |
| CLP | 152 | 0 | Chile | ||
| CNY | 156 | 2 | Renminbi[5] |  China | |
| COP | 170 | 2 |  Colombia | ||
| COU | 970 | 2[6] | Colombia | ||
| CRC | 188 | 2 |  Costa Rica | ||
| CUP | 192 | 2 |  Cuba | ||
| CVE | 132 | 2 | |||
| CZK | 203 | 2 | [7] | ||
| DJF | 262 | 0 |  Djibouti | ||
| DKK | 208 | 2 |  Denmark,  Faroe Islands (FO),  Greenland (GL) | ||
| DOP | 214 | 2 |  Dominican Republic | ||
| DZD | 012 | 2 |  Algeria | ||
| EGP | 818 | 2 |  Egypt | ||
| ERN | 232 | 2 |  Eritrea | ||
| ETB | 230 | 2 |  Ethiopia | ||
| EUR | 978 | 2 |  Aland Islands (AX),  Andorra (AD),  Austria (AT),  Belgium (BE),  Croatia (HR),  Cyprus (CY),  Estonia (EE), (EU),  Finland (FI),  France (FR),  French Guiana (GF), (TF),  Germany (DE),  Greece (GR),  Guadeloupe (GP),  Ireland (IE),  Italy (IT), (XK),  Latvia (LV),  Lithuania (LT),  Luxembourg (LU),  Malta (MT),  Martinique (MQ),  Mayotte (YT),  Monaco (MC),  Montenegro (ME),  Netherlands (NL),  Portugal (PT),  Reunion (RE), (BL), (MF),  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM),  San Marino (SM),  Slovakia (SK),  Slovenia (SI),  Spain (ES), (VA) | ||
| FJD | 242 | 2 |  Fiji | ||
| FKP | 238 | 2 | (pegged to GBP 1:1) | ||
| GBP | 826 | 2 |  United Kingdom, (IM, see Manx pound), (JE, see Jersey pound), (GG, see Guernsey pound), (SH-TA) | ||
| GEL | 981 | 2 | |||
| GHS | 936 | 2 |  Ghana | ||
| GIP | 292 | 2 |  Gibraltar (pegged to GBP 1:1) | ||
| GMD | 270 | 2 |  Gambia | ||
| GNF | 324 | 0 |  Guinea | ||
| GTQ | 320 | 2 |  Guatemala | ||
| GYD | 328 | 2 |  Guyana | ||
| HKD | 344 | 2 |  Hong Kong | ||
| HNL | 340 | 2 |  Honduras | ||
| HTG | 332 | 2 |  Haiti | ||
| HUF | 348 | 2 |  Hungary | ||
| IDR | 360 | 2 |  Indonesia | ||
| ILS | 376 | 2 |  Israel | ||
| INR | 356 | 2 |  India, Bhutan | ||
| IQD | 368 | 3 |  Iraq | ||
| IRR | 364 | 2 | |||
| ISK | 352 | 0 | Icelandic króna (plural: krónur) |  Iceland | |
| JMD | 388 | 2 |  Jamaica | ||
| JOD | 400 | 3 |  Jordan | ||
| JPY | 392 | 0 |  Japan | ||
| KES | 404 | 2 |  Kenya | ||
| KGS | 417 | 2 |  Kyrgyzstan | ||
| KHR | 116 | 2 |  Cambodia | ||
| KMF | 174 | 0 |  Comoros | ||
| KPW | 408 | 2 | |||
| KRW | 410 | 0 | |||
| KWD | 414 | 3 |  Kuwait | ||
| KYD | 136 | 2 |  Cayman Islands | ||
| KZT | 398 | 2 |  Kazakhstan | ||
| LAK | 418 | 2 |  Lao People's Democratic Republic | ||
| LBP | 422 | 2 |  Lebanon | ||
| LKR | 144 | 2 |  Sri Lanka | ||
| LRD | 430 | 2 |  Liberia | ||
| LSL | 426 | 2 |  Lesotho | ||
| LYD | 434 | 3 |  Libya | ||
| MAD | 504 | 2 |  Morocco,  Western Sahara | ||
| MDL | 498 | 2 | |||
| MGA | 969 | 2 |  Madagascar | ||
| MKD | 807 | 2 | |||
| MMK | 104 | 2 |  Myanmar | ||
| MNT | 496 | 2 |  Mongolia | ||
| MOP | 446 | 2 | |||
| MRU | 929 | 2[8] |  Mauritania | ||
| MUR | 480 | 2 |  Mauritius | ||
| MVR | 462 | 2 |  Maldives | ||
| MWK | 454 | 2 |  Malawi | ||
| MXN | 484 | 2 |  Mexico | ||
| MXV | 979 | 2 | Mexican Unidad de Inversion (UDI) (funds code) | Mexico | |
| MYR | 458 | 2 |  Malaysia | ||
| MZN | 943 | 2 |  Mozambique | ||
| NAD | 516 | 2 |  Namibia (pegged to ZAR 1:1) | ||
| NGN | 566 | 2 |  Nigeria | ||
| NIO | 558 | 2 |  Nicaragua | ||
| NOK | 578 | 2 |  Norway, and (SJ),  Bouvet Island (BV) | ||
| NPR | 524 | 2 |  Nepal | ||
| NZD | 554 | 2 |  New Zealand,  Cook Islands (CK),  Niue (NU), (PN; see also Pitcairn Islands dollar),  Tokelau (TK) | ||
| OMR | 512 | 3 |  Oman | ||
| PAB | 590 | 2 |  Panama | ||
| PEN | 604 | 2 |  Peru | ||
| PGK | 598 | 2 |  Papua New Guinea | ||
| PHP | 608 | 2 | Philippine peso[9] |  Philippines | |
| PKR | 586 | 2 |  Pakistan | ||
| PLN | 985 | 2 |  Poland | ||
| PYG | 600 | 0 |  Paraguay | ||
| QAR | 634 | 2 |  Qatar | ||
| RON | 946 | 2 |  Romania | ||
| RSD | 941 | 2 |  Serbia | ||
| RUB | 643 | 2 | |||
| RWF | 646 | 0 |  Rwanda | ||
| SAR | 682 | 2 |  Saudi Arabia | ||
| SBD | 090 | 2 |  Solomon Islands | ||
| SCR | 690 | 2 |  Seychelles | ||
| SDG | 938 | 2 |  Sudan | ||
| SEK | 752 | 2 | Swedish krona (plural: kronor) |  Sweden | |
| SGD | 702 | 2 |  Singapore | ||
| SHP | 654 | 2 | (SH-SH), (SH-AC) | ||
| SLE | 925 | 2 | Sierra Leonean leone (new leone)[10] [11] [12] |  Sierra Leone | |
| SOS | 706 | 2 |  Somalia | ||
| SRD | 968 | 2 |  Suriname | ||
| SSP | 728 | 2 | |||
| STN | 930 | 2[13] | |||
| SVC | 222 | 2 |  El Salvador | ||
| SYP | 760 | 2 | |||
| SZL | 748 | 2 |  Swaziland | ||
| THB | 764 | 2 |  Thailand | ||
| TJS | 972 | 2 |  Tajikistan | ||
| TMT | 934 | 2 |  Turkmenistan | ||
| TND | 788 | 3 |  Tunisia | ||
| TOP | 776 | 2 |  Tonga | ||
| TRY | 949 | 2 |  Turkey | ||
| TTD | 780 | 2 |  Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| TWD | 901 | 2 | |||
| TZS | 834 | 2 | |||
| UAH | 980 | 2 |  Ukraine | ||
| UGX | 800 | 0 |  Uganda | ||
| USD | 840 | 2 |  United States,  American Samoa (AS),  British Indian Ocean Territory (IO) (also uses GBP), (VG), (BQ - Caribbean Netherlands),  Ecuador (EC), El Salvador (SV),  Guam (GU),  Marshall Islands (MH), (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), (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 | Uruguay | ||
| UYW | 927 | 4 | Unidad previsional[14] | Uruguay | |
| UZS | 860 | 2 | Uzbekistani sum |  Uzbekistan | |
| VED | 926 | 2 | Venezuelan digital bolívar[15] | ||
| VES | 928 | 2 | |||
| VND | 704 | 0 | |||
| VUV | 548 | 0 |  Vanuatu | ||
| WST | 882 | 2 |  Samoa | ||
| XAF | 950 | 0 |  Cameroon (CM),  Central African Republic (CF), (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 |  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 | . | International Monetary Fund | ||
| XOF | 952 | 0 |  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 | . | Unified System for Regional Compensation (SUCRE)[16] | ||
| XTS | 963 | . | Code reserved for testing | ||
| XUA | 965 | . | African Development Bank[17] | ||
| XXX | 999 | . | No currency | ||
| YER | 886 | 2 |  Yemen | ||
| ZAR | 710 | 2 | , Lesotho, Namibia,  South Africa | ||
| ZMW | 967 | 2 |  Zambia | ||
| ZWG | 924 | 2 | Zimbabwe Gold |  Zimbabwe[18] | |
| ZWL | 932 | 2 | Zimbabwean dollar (fifth) | Zimbabwe |
According to UN/CEFACT recommendation 9, paragraphs 8–9 ECE/TRADE/203, 1996:[19]
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.
| Code | Num | Currency | From | Until | Replaced by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADP | 020 | 0 | 1869 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| AFA | 004 | 2 | 1925 | 2003 | AFN | ||
| ALK | 008 | . | 1946 | 1965 | |||
| AOK | 024 | 0 | 1977-01-08 | 1990-09-24 | AON (AOA) | ||
| AON | 024 | 0 | 1990-09-25 | 1995-06-30 | AOR (AOA) | ||
| AOR | 982 | 0 | 1995-07-01 | 1999-11-30 | AOA | ||
| ARA | 032 | 2 | 1985-06-15 | 1991-12-31 | ARS | ||
| ARP | 032 | 2 | 1983-06-06 | 1985-06-14 | ARA (ARS) | ||
| ARY | 032 | . | January 1970 | 1983-06-06 | ARP (ARS) | ||
| ATS | 040 | 2 | 1945 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| AYM | 945 | 0 | |||||
| AZM | 031 | 2 | 1992-08-15 | 2006-01-01 | AZN | ||
| BAD | 070 | 2 | 1992-07-01 | 1998-02-04 | BAM | ||
| BEC | 993 | . | Belgian convertible franc (funds code) | 1990-05-01[21] | |||
| BEF | 056 | 2 | 1832 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| BEL | 992 | . | Belgian financial franc (funds code) | ||||
| BGJ | 100 | . | Bulgarian lev (first) | 1881 | 1952 | BGK | |
| BGK | 100 | . | Bulgarian lev (second) | 1952 | 1962 | BGL | |
| BGL | 100 | 2 | Bulgarian lev (third) | 1962 | 1999-08-31 | BGN | |
| BOP | 068 | 2 | 1963-01-01 | 1987-01-01 | BOB | ||
| BRB | 076 | 2 | 1967 | 1986-02-28 | BRC (BRL) | ||
| BRC | 076 | 2 | 1986-02-28 | 1989-01-15 | BRN (BRL) | ||
| BRE | 076 | 2 | 1990-03-15 | 1993-08-01 | BRR (BRL) | ||
| BRN | 076 | 2 | 1989-01-16 | 1990-03-15 | BRE (BRL) | ||
| BRR | 987 | 2 | 1993-08-01 | 1994-06-30 | BRL | ||
| BUK | 104 | . | MMK | ||||
| BYB | 112 | 2 | 1992 | 1999-12-31 | BYR (BYN) | ||
| BYR | 974 | 0 | 2000-01-01 | 2016-06-30 | BYN | ||
| CHC | 948 | 2 | WIR franc (for electronic currency) | 2004–12 | CHW[22] | ||
| CSD | 891 | 2 | 2003-07-03 | 2006-10-25[23] | RSD | ||
| CSJ | 203 | . | Czechoslovak koruna (second) | 1953 | CSK | ||
| CSK | 200 | 1953 | 1993-02-08 | CZK/SKK (CZK/EUR) | |||
| CUC | 931 | 2 | 2022 | CUP | |||
| CYP | 196 | 2 | 1879 | 2006-01-01 | EUR | ||
| DDM | 278 | 1948-06-21 | 1990-07-01 | DEM (EUR) | |||
| DEM | 276 | 2 | 1948 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| ECS | 218 | 0 | 1884 | 2000-02-29 | USD | ||
| ECV | 983 | 2 | Ecuador Unidad de Valor Constante (funds code) | 1993 | 2000-02-29 | — | |
| EEK | 233 | 2 | 1992 | 2010-01-01 | EUR | ||
| ESA | 996 | Spanish peseta (account A) | 1978 | 1981 | ESP (EUR) | ||
| ESB | 995 | Spanish peseta (account B) | ? | 1994-12 | ESP (EUR) | ||
| ESP | 724 | 0 | 1869 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| FIM | 246 | 2 | 1860 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| FRF | 250 | 2 | 1960 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| GEK | 268 | 0 | 1993-04-05 | 1995-10-02 | GEL | ||
| GHC | 288 | 2 | 1967 | 2007-07-01 | GHS | ||
| GHP | 939 | 2 | 2007-06-18[24] | GHS | |||
| GNE | 324 | 1971 | 1985-12-31 | GNF | |||
| GNS | 324 | . | 1971 | 1985 | GNF | ||
| GQE | 226 | 1975 | 1985-12-31 | XAF | |||
| GRD | 300 | 0, 2 | 1954-05-01[25] | 2001-01-01 | EUR | ||
| GWE | 624 | . | GWP | ||||
| GWP | 624 | 2 | 1975 | 1997-05-31 | XOF | ||
| HRD | 191 | 2 | 1991-12-23 | 1994-05-30 | HRK | ||
| HRK | 191 | 2 | 1994-05-30 | 2023-01-01 | EUR[26] | ||
| IEP | 372 | 2 | 1938 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| ILP | 376 | 3, 2 | 1948 | 1980-02-20 | ILR (ILS) | ||
| ILR | 376 | 2 | 1980-02-24 | 1985-12-31 | ILS | ||
| ISJ | 352 | 2 | 1922 | 1981-06-30 | ISK | ||
| ITL | 380 | 0 | 1861 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| LAJ | 418 | 1965 | 1979-12-31 | LAK | |||
| LSM | 426 | . | |||||
| LTL | 440 | 2 | 1993 | 2015-01-01 | EUR | ||
| LTT | 440 | 2 | Lithuanian talonas[27] | LTL | |||
| LUC | 989 | . | Luxembourg convertible franc (funds code) | ||||
| LUF | 442 | 2 | 1944 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| LUL | 988 | . | Luxembourg financial franc (funds code) | ||||
| LVL | 428 | 2 | 1993-03-05 | 2014-01-01 | EUR | ||
| LVR | 428 | 2 | 1992-05-04 | 1993-03-05 | LVL | ||
| MGF | 450 | 0 | 1963-07-01 | 2005-01-01 | MGA | ||
| MLF | 466 | 1962 | 1984-01-01 | XOF | |||
| MRO | 478 | 2 | 1973-06-29 | 2018-01-01 | MRU | ||
| MTL | 470 | 2 | 1972-05-26[28] | 2006-01-01 | EUR | ||
| MTP | 470 | . | MTL | ||||
| MVQ | 462 | ? | 1981-12-31 | MVR | |||
| MXP | 484 | ? | 1993-03-31 | MXN | |||
| MZE | 508 | 2 | 1914 | 1980 | MZN | ||
| MZM | 508 | 2 | 1980 | 2006-06-30 | MZN | ||
| NIC | 558 | 2 | 1988 | 1990-10-31 | NIO | ||
| NLG | 528 | 2 | 1810s | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| PEH | 604 | 1863 | 1985-02-01 | PEI (PEN) | |||
| PEI | 604 | 1985-02-01 | 1991-10-01 | PEN | |||
| PES | 604 | 2 | 1863 | 1985 | PEI[29] | ||
| PLZ | 616 | 2 | 1950-10-30 | 1994-12-31 | PLN | ||
| PTE | 620 | 0 | 1911-05-22 | 1999-01-01 | EUR | ||
| RHD | 716 | 2 | 1970 | 1980 | ZWC | ||
| ROK | 642 | . | Romanian leu (second) | 1947 | 1952 | ROL | |
| ROL | 642 | 0 | Romanian leu (third) | 1952-01-28 | 2005 | RON | |
| RUR | 810 | 2 | 1992 | 1997-12-31 | RUB | ||
| SDD | 736 | 2 | 1992-06-08 | 2007-01-10 | SDG | ||
| SDP | 736 | 1956 | 1992-06-08 | SDD (SDG) | |||
| SIT | 705 | 2 | 1991-10-08 | 2005-01-01 | EUR | ||
| SKK | 703 | 2 | 1993-02-08 | 2007-01-01 | EUR | ||
| SLL | 694 | 2 | Sierra Leonean leone (old leone)[30] | Sierra Leone | |||
| SRG | 740 | 2 | 1942 | 2004 | SRD | ||
| STD | 678 | 2 | 1977 | 2018-04-01 | STN | ||
| SUR | 810 | 1961 | 1991-12-26 | RUR (RUB/AMD/AZN/BYN/EUR/GEL/KZT/KGS/MDL/TJS/TMT/UAH/UZS) | |||
| TJR | 762 | 0 | 1995-05-10 | 2000-10-30 | TJS | ||
| TMM | 795 | 2 | 1993-11-1 | 2008-12-31 | TMT | ||
| TPE | 626 | 0 | 1959 | 1976 | USD | ||
| TRL | 792 | 0 | 1923 | 2005-12-31 | TRY | ||
| UAK | 804 | 2 | 1992-10-1 | 1996-09-01 | UAH | ||
| UGS | 800 | 1966 | 1987-12-31 | UGX | |||
| UGW | 800 | Old Shilling | 1989 | 1990 | Uganda | ||
| USS | 998 | 2 | United States dollar (same day) (funds code)[31] | ? | 2014-03-28[32] | — | |
| UYN | 858 | 2 | 1896 | 1975-07-01 | UYP | ||
| UYP | 858 | 1975-07-01[33] | 1993-03-01 | UYU | |||
| VEB | 862 | 2 | 1879-03-31 | 2008-01-01 | VEF (VES) | ||
| VEF | 937 | 2 | 2008-01-01 | 2018-08-20 | VES | ||
| VNC | 704 | . | |||||
| XEU | 954 | 0 | 1979-03-13 | 1998-12-31 | EUR | ||
| XFO | ... | Gold franc (special settlement currency) | 1803 | 2003 | XDR | ||
| XFU | ... | . | UIC franc (special settlement currency) | ? | 2013-11-07[34] | EUR | |
| XRE | ... | . | RINET funds code[35] | ||||
| YDD | 720 | 1965 | 1996-06-11 | YER | |||
| YUD | 890 | 2 | 1966-01-01 | 1989-12-31 | YUN (MKD/RSD/EUR/HRK/BAM) | ||
| YUM | 891 | 2 | 1994-01-24 | 2003-07-02 | CSD (RSD/EUR) | ||
| YUN | 890 | 2 | 1990-01-01 | 1992-06-30 | YUR (MKD/RSD/EUR/HRK/BAM) | ||
| ZAL | 991 | 2 | South African financial rand (funds code) | 1985-09-01 | 1995-03-13 | — | |
| ZMK | 894 | 2 | 1968-01-16[36] | 2013-01-01 | ZMW | ||
| ZRN | 180 | 2 | 1993 | 1997 | CDF | ||
| ZRZ | 180 | 2 | 1967 | 1993 | ZRN (CDF) | ||
| ZWC | 716 | 2 | 1970-02-17 | 1980 | ZWD (USD/ZWL) | ||
| ZWD | 716 | 2 | Zimbabwean dollar (first) | 1980-04-18 | 2006-07-31 | ZWN (USD/ZWL) | |
| ZWN | 942 | 2 | Zimbabwean dollar (second) | 2006-08-01 | 2008-07-31 | ZWR (USD/ZWL) | |
| ZWR | 935 | 2 | Zimbabwean dollar (third) | 2008-08-01 | 2009-02-02 | ZWL (USD/ZWL) |
The 2008 (7th) edition of ISO 4217 says the following about minor units of currency:
Examples for the ratios of :1 and :1 include the United States dollar and the Bahraini dinar, for which the column headed "Minor unit" shows "2" and "3", respectively., 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.
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:[37]
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:
French: une somme de 30 EURAs illustrated, the order is determined not by the currency but by the native language of the document context.
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.
A number of active currencies do not have an ISO 4217 code, because they may be:
These currencies include:
See for a list of all currently pegged currencies.
| + Active abbreviations resembling ISO 4217 currency codes | ||||||
| Unofficial code | code | Currency | Locations using this currency | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BDS[39] | BBD | 2 | 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[40] | 2 | Renminbi (offshore) | The code CNH is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving Hong Kong. See Offshore Renminbi (CNH). The USD/CNY rate and the USD/CNH rate are, usually, different.[41] | |||
| CNT[42] | 2 | Renminbi (offshore) | The code CNT is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving Taiwan. See Other markets. | |||
| GGP[43] | 2 | |||||
| IMP | 2 | |||||
| JEP | 2 | |||||
| KID[44] | 2 | |||||
| NIS[45] | ILS | 2 | Israel | NIS stands for New Israeli Shekel, the currency that replaced the first Israeli shekel due to hyperinflation. NIS conflicts with ISO 4217, because NI stands for Nicaragua. | ||
| NTD[46] | TWD | 2 | ||||
| PRB[47] | 2 | 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[48] | 2 | 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[49] | GBP | 2 | STG stands for STerlinG, 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.[50] STG conflicts with ISO 4217, because ST stands for São Tomé and Príncipe. | |||
| RMB | CNY | 2 | RMB stands for RenMinBi, 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 | 2 | TV is the ISO 3166 two-letter code for Tuvalu | ||||
| ZWB[51] | 2 | Also known as the RTGS Dollar. |
The following non-ISO codes were used in the past.
| + Historical non-ISO 4217 currency codes | ||||||
| Unofficial code | code | Currency | Locations that used this currency | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADF | 2 | De facto currency used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (EUR).[52] | ||||
| ARL | ARY | 2 | Used from January 1970 to May 1983, when it was replaced by the Argentine peso argentino (ARP).[53] | |||
| MAF | 2 | Used from 1962 to 1984. The code MAF was formerly noted in ISO 4217, but was amended to MLF on 2007-06-18. | ||||
| MCF | 2 | Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (EUR).[54] | ||||
| MKN | Used from January 1990 through 1993, when it was replaced by the second denar (MKD).[55] | |||||
| SML | 0 | Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (EUR).[56] | ||||
| VAL | 0 | Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (EUR).[57] | ||||
| YUG | 2 | Re-denomination used in January 1994 until it was replaced by the novi dinar (YUM).[58] | ||||
| YUO | 2 | Yugoslavia | Re-denomination used from October–December 1993, when it was again re-denominated (YUG).[59] | |||
| YUR | 2 | Revaluation used from July 1992 to September 1993 until re-denomination (YUO).[60] |
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, but are not assigned codes by ISO 4217. Two conventions for representing minor units are in widespread use:
A third convention is similar to the second one but uses an upper-case letter, e.g. ZAC[65] for the South African Cent.
See also: List of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies have not been assigned an ISO 4217 code.[66] However, some cryptocurrencies and cryptocurrency exchanges use a three-letter acronym that resemble an ISO 4217 code.