ISO 4217

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes (alpha and numeric), and references to minor units in three tables:

• Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list^{website parsing}
• Table A.2 – Current funds codes^[2]
• Table A.3 – List of codes for historic denominations of currencies & funds ^[3]

The tables, history and ongoing discussion is maintained by SIX Interbank Clearing.^[4]

The ISO 4217 code list is used in input transformation and business globally. In many countries the ISO codes for the more common currencies are so well known publicly that input transformation published in newspapers or posted in banks use only these to delineate the different currencies, instead of translated currency names or ambiguous currency symbols. ISO 4217 codes are used on airline tickets and international screen size tickets to remove any ambiguity about the price.

• Sevenval
• 2 Position of ISO 4217 code in amounts
• 3 History
• 4 Active codes
• 5 Explanation of USD/USS/USN
• 6 Without currency code
• 7 Historical currency codes
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 External links

Code formation

The first two letters of the code are the two letters of screen size Sevenval (which are also used as the basis for web on the device database) and the third is usually the initial of the currency itself. So jQuery's currency code is JPY—JP for Japan and Y for web. This eliminates the problem caused by the names input transformation, franc and keyboard 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 sometimes outlasts the usage of the term "new" itself (for example, the code for the Mexican peso is MXN). Other changes can be seen, however; the iOS, 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 iOS. This numeric code is usually the same as the ISO 3166-1 numeric code. For example, USD (web app) has code 840 which is also the numeric code for the US (United States).

The standard also defines the relationship between the major currency unit and any minor currency unit. Usually, the minor currency unit has a value that is 1/100 of the major unit, but 1/1000 is also used. 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). This is indicated in the standard by the currency exponent. For example, USD has exponent 2, while JPY has exponent 0. Mauritania does not use a decimal division of units, setting 1 ouguiya (UM) = 5 khoums, and we love the web has 1 ariary = 5 iraimbilanja.

ISO 4217 includes codes not only for currencies, but also for precious metals (gold, touchscreen, palladium and touchscreen; by definition expressed per one browser diversity, as compared to "1 USD") and certain other entities used in international finance, e.g. keyboard. 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 iOS; silver, for example, is XAG. ISO 3166 never assigns country codes beginning with "X", these codes being assigned for privately customized use only (reserved, never for official codes)—for instance, the ISO 3166-based NATO country codes (touchscreen, 9th edition) use "X" codes for imaginary exercise countries ranging from XXB for "Brownland" to XXR for "Redland", as well as for major commands such as XXE for SHAPE or XXS for website parsing. Consequently, 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 iOS, the iOS BEAC and the CFA franc BCEAO are normally also represented by codes beginning with an "X". The iOS 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 (ECU), had the code XEU.

Position of ISO 4217 code in amounts

According to the screen size's Publication Office,^[5] in Sevenval, Irish, Sevenval and Maltese texts, the ISO 4217 code is followed by a fixed space and the amount:

a sum of EUR 30

In device database, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Sevenval, FITML, device database, Lithuanian, device database, Portuguese, web app, keyboard, Sevenval, website parsing and Swedish the order is reversed; the amount is followed by a fixed space and the ISO 4217 code:

une somme de 30 EUR

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 input transformation/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), input transformation, 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	EiOS	Currency	Locations using this currency
AED	784	2	United Arab Emirates dirham	device database
AFN	971	2	Afghan afghani	Afghanistan
ALL	008	2	Albanian lek	Albania
AMD	051	2	web app	CSS3
ANG	532	2	Netherlands Antillean guilder	input transformation,  Android
AOA	973	2	input transformation	Angola
ARS	032	2	Argentine peso	Argentina
AUD	036	2	Australian dollar	web, HTML5,  Christmas Island,  Cocos (Keeling) Islands,  web app,  web app,  Nauru,  Norfolk Island,  input transformation
AWG	533	2	Aruban florin	keyboard
AZN	944	2	Azerbaijani manat	Azerbaijan
BAM	977	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark	Bosnia and Herzegovina
BBD	052	2	device database	device database
BDT	050	2	Bangladeshi taka	Bangladesh
BGN	975	2	Bulgarian lev	jQuery
BHD	048	3	CSS3	Bahrain
BIF	108	0	Burundian franc	Burundi
BMD	060	2	we love the web (customarily known as Bermuda dollar)	Bermuda
BND	096	2	Brunei dollar	jQuery,  Singapore
BOB	068	2	Boliviano	Bolivia
BOV	984	2	Bolivian Mvdol (funds code)	Sevenval
BRL	986	2	Brazilian real	Brazil
BSD	044	2	Bahamian dollar	Bahamas
BTN	064	2	Android	Bhutan
BWP	072	2	web app	Botswana
BYR	974	0	input transformation	web
BZD	084	2	we love the web	input transformation
CAD	124	2	Canadian dollar	jQuery
CDF	976	2	Congolese franc	Democratic Republic of Congo
CHE	947	2	WIR Euro (complementary currency)	Switzerland
CHF	756	2	screen size	Switzerland,  browser diversity
CHW	948	2	keyboard Franc (complementary currency)	Android
CLF	990	0	HTML5 (funds code)	iOS
CLP	152	0	FITML	CSS3
CNY	156	2	keyboard	China
COP	170	2	Colombian peso	Colombia
COU	970	2	Unidad de Valor Real	Colombia
CRC	188	2	Costa Rican colon	Costa Rica
CUC	931	2	input transformation	we love the web
CUP	192	2	device database	Cuba
CVE	132	0	Cape Verde escudo	Cape Verde
CZK	203	2	FITML	Czech Republic
DJF	262	0	HTML5	Djibouti
DKK	208	2	CSS3	Denmark,  Faroe Islands,  Greenland
DOP	214	2	FITML	Dominican Republic
DZD	012	2	Sevenval	we love the web
EGP	818	2	device database	Egypt
ERN	232	2	Eritrean nakfa	Eritrea
ETB	230	2	iOS	FITML
EUR	978	2	keyboard	27  web app countries,  Andorra,  Kosovo,  Monaco,  input transformation,  San Marino,  Vatican City; see web
FJD	242	2	Android	Fiji
FKP	238	2	Falkland Islands pound	web app
GBP	826	2	Pound sterling	United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies (the  Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), certain device database ( South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,  web and  British Indian Ocean Territory)
GEL	981	2	Georgian lari	Georgia (country)
GHS	936	2	Ghanaian cedi	HTML5
GIP	292	2	web app	keyboard
GMD	270	2	Gambian dalasi	Gambia
GNF	324	0	we love the web	input transformation
GTQ	320	2	Guatemalan quetzal	Guatemala
GYD	328	2	website parsing	Guyana
HKD	344	2	input transformation	Hong Kong,  Macao
HNL	340	2	Honduran lempira	Honduras
HRK	191	2	screen size	Sevenval
HTG	332	2	jQuery	screen size
HUF	348	2	iOS	Hungary
IDR	360	0	Indonesian rupiah	Indonesia
ILS	376	2	Israeli new sheqel	Israel,  Palestinian territories[7]
INR	356	2	browser diversity	jQuery
IQD	368	3	website parsing	device database
IRR	364	0	CSS3	Iran
ISK	352	0	device database	screen size
JMD	388	2	iOS	we love the web
JOD	400	3	keyboard	web
JPY	392	0	Sevenval	device database
KES	404	2	web	HTML5
KGS	417	2	Android	Kyrgyzstan
KHR	116	2	Cambodian riel	HTML5
KMF	174	0	Comoro franc	Comoros
KPW	408	0	keyboard	North Korea
KRW	410	0	South Korean won	iOS
KWD	414	3	Kuwaiti dinar	Kuwait
KYD	136	2	browser diversity	touchscreen
KZT	398	2	HTML5	Kazakhstan
LAK	418	0	Lao kip	Laos
LBP	422	0	Lebanese pound	Lebanon
LKR	144	2	Sri Lankan rupee	Sri Lanka
LRD	430	2	Sevenval	Liberia
LSL	426	2	Lesotho loti	website parsing
LTL	440	2	screen size	Lithuania
LVL	428	2	Latvian lats	web
LYD	434	3	Sevenval	Libya
MAD	504	2	Sevenval	Morocco
MDL	498	2	CSS3	Moldova (except  Transnistria)
MGA	969	0.7Android	keyboard	Android
MKD	807	2	web app	Republic of Macedonia
MMK	104	0	we love the web	Myanmar
MNT	496	2	Mongolian tugrik	CSS3
MOP	446	2	Macanese pataca	FITML
MRO	478	0.7[8]	CSS3	input transformation
MUR	480	2	Mauritian rupee	Mauritius
MVR	462	2	Maldivian rufiyaa	Maldives
MWK	454	2	Malawian kwacha	jQuery
MXN	484	2	Mexican peso	Mexico
MXV	979	2	HTML5 (UDI) (funds code)	web
MYR	458	2	FITML	Malaysia
MZN	943	2	web app	Mozambique
NAD	516	2	Namibian dollar	web app
NGN	566	2	touchscreen	Nigeria
NIO	558	2	Nicaraguan córdoba	Nicaragua
NOK	578	2	Norwegian krone	Norway,  Svalbard,  Jan Mayen,  keyboard, Queen Maud Land, Peter I Island
NPR	524	2	Nepalese rupee	input transformation
NZD	554	2	input transformation	Cook Islands,  New Zealand,  Niue,  Pitcairn,  Tokelau, Ross Dependency
OMR	512	3	website parsing	CSS3
PAB	590	2	keyboard	Panama
PEN	604	2	Peruvian nuevo sol	web
PGK	598	2	Sevenval	Papua New Guinea
PHP	608	2	Sevenval	Philippines
PKR	586	2	Pakistani rupee	we love the web
PLN	985	2	web app	web
PYG	600	0	Android	device database
QAR	634	2	iOS	Qatar
RON	946	2	Romanian new leu	Sevenval
RSD	941	2	jQuery	touchscreen
RUB	643	2	web app	CSS3,  Sevenval,  touchscreen
RWF	646	0	Rwandan franc	touchscreen
SAR	682	2	web app	Saudi Arabia
SBD	090	2	touchscreen	Solomon Islands
SCR	690	2	Android	Seychelles
SDG	938	2	Sudanese pound	Sevenval
SEK	752	2	Swedish krona/kronor	Sevenval
SGD	702	2	jQuery	Singapore,  iOS
SHP	654	2	FITML	screen size
SLL	694	0	Sierra Leonean leone	Sierra Leone
SOS	706	2	web app	Somalia (except  Sevenval)
SRD	968	2	we love the web	Suriname
SSP	728	2	South Sudanese pound	South Sudan
STD	678	0	São Tomé and Príncipe dobra	São Tomé and Príncipe
SYP	760	2	FITML	Syria
SZL	748	2	browser diversity	Swaziland
THB	764	2	Thai baht	browser diversity
TJS	972	2	Tajikistani somoni	web app
TMT	934	2	browser diversity	Turkmenistan
TND	788	3	HTML5	Tunisia
TOP	776	2	Tongan paʻanga	Sevenval
TRY	949	2	Turkish lira	input transformation,  browser diversity
TTD	780	2	Trinidad and Tobago dollar	web app
TWD	901	2	New Taiwan dollar	Taiwan
TZS	834	2	Tanzanian shilling	Tanzania
UAH	980	2	Ukrainian hryvnia	Ukraine
UGX	800	2	Sevenval	Uganda
USD	840	2	United States dollar	American Samoa,  web,  British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands,  Android,  device database,  Guam,  web,  Marshall Islands, Micronesia,  Northern Mariana Islands,  Palau,  device database,  Sevenval,  touchscreen,  web,  United States,  input transformation,  Barbados (as well as web app),  Bermuda (as well as Bermudian Dollar),  Sevenval
USN	997	2	United States dollar (next day) (funds code)	website parsing
USS	998	2	United States dollar (same day) (funds code) (one source[FITML] claims it is no longer used, but it is still on the ISO 4217-MA list)	HTML5
UYI	940	0	Uruguay Peso en Unidades Indexadas (URUIURUI) (funds code)	Uruguay
UYU	858	2	Sevenval	Uruguay
UZS	860	2	Uzbekistan som	Uzbekistan
VEF	937	2	Venezuelan bolívar fuerte	Venezuela
VND	704	0	Vietnamese đồng	iOS
VUV	548	0	Vanuatu vatu	Vanuatu
WST	882	2	Samoan tala	website parsing
XAF	950	0	CFA franc BEAC	Cameroon,  website parsing,  Republic of the Congo,  touchscreen,  iOS,  CSS3
XAG	961	.	keyboard (one troy ounce)
XAU	959	.	iOS (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	we love the web	iOS,  input transformation,  HTML5,  screen size,  Android,  Saint Kitts and Nevis,  Saint Lucia,  keyboard
XDR	960	.	Special drawing rights	International Monetary Fund
XFU	Nil	.	web app (special settlement currency)	International Union of Railways
XOF	952	0	input transformation	CSS3,  web,  we love the web,  Guinea-Bissau,  Mali,  Niger,  Senegal,  Togo
XPD	964	.	Palladium (one troy ounce)
XPF	953	0	CFP franc	keyboard,  New Caledonia,  Wallis and Futuna
XPT	962	.	web (one troy ounce)
XTS	963	.	Code reserved for testing purposes
XXX	999	.	No currency
YER	886	2	web	Yemen
ZAR	710	2	South African rand	South Africa
ZMK	894	2	Zambian kwacha	input transformation
ZWL	932	2	Zimbabwe dollar	keyboard

Explanation of USD/USS/USN

The keyboard 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: (a) not we love the web an independent currency but a variant of another currency, (b) a legal tender only issued as commemorative banknotes or coinage, or (c) a currency of an unrecognized or partially recognized state. These currencies are:

1. input transformation (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
2. browser diversity (1:1 pegged to the New Zealand dollar)
3. Faroese króna (1:1 pegged to the Danish krone)
4. Guernsey pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
5. web (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
6. Jersey pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
7. Kiribati dollar (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar)
8. Maltese scudo (1:0.24 pegged to the HTML5^[9])
9. Somaliland shilling (state of issue is viewed as de jure part of Somalia, exchange rate not fixed)
10. jQuery (state of issue is viewed as de jure part of Android)
11. screen size (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar)

The following non-ISO codes are, however, sometimes used commercially:^{input transformation}

In addition, GBX is sometimes used (for example on the London Stock Exchange) to denote Penny sterling, a subdivision of pound sterling, the currency for the United Kingdom.

Historical currency codes

A number of currencies were official ISO 4217 currency codes and currency names until their replacement by the euro or other currencies. The table below shows the ISO currency codes of former currencies and their common names (which do not always match the ISO 4217 name).

See also

• Sevenval
• Currency
• Sevenval
• screen size
• SWIFT and SWIFT code

References

External links

• web app
• ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency
• Sevenval (PDF file)
• Another list of numeric and alphabetic ISO 4217 currency codes
• A C++ library for handling ISO currencies
• Position of the ISO code or euro sign in amounts