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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, 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 often long outlasts the usage of the term "new" itself. Examples of this include the Mexican Peso ('''MXN''') and the Turkish Lira ('''TRY'''). Other changes can be seen, however; the Russian Ruble , 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 ISO 3166 . This numeric code is usually the same as the ISO 3166 numeric code. For example, USD (US Dollar) has code 840 which is also the numeric code for US (United States). 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. 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). 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 ; by definition expressed per one Troy Ounce , as compared to "1 USD") 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". The precious metals use "X" plus the metal's Chemical Symbol ; silver, for example, is '''XAG'''. 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. 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 (sorted by code) These are listed in the form: # AED United Arab Emirates Dirham ( United Arab Emirates ) # AFN Afghani ( Afghanistan ) # ALL Lek ( Albania ) # AMD Armenian Dram ( Armenia ) # ANG Netherlands Antillian Guilder ( Netherlands Antilles ) # AOA Kwanza ( Angola ) # ARS Argentine Peso ( Argentina ) # AUD Australian Dollar ( Australia , Australian Antarctic Territory , Christmas Island , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Heard And McDonald Islands , Kiribati , Nauru , Norfolk Island , Tuvalu ) # AWG Aruban Guilder ( Aruba ) # AZN Azerbaijanian Manat ( Azerbaijan ) # BAM Convertible Marks ( Bosnia And Herzegovina ) # BBD Barbados Dollar ( Barbados ) # BDT Taka ( Bangladesh ) # BGN Bulgarian Lev ( Bulgaria ) # BHD Bahraini Dinar ( Bahrain ) # BIF Burundian Franc ( Burundi ) # BMD Bermudian Dollar (customarily known as Bermuda Dollar ) ( Bermuda ) # BND Brunei Dollar ( Brunei ) # BOB Boliviano ( Bolivia ) # BOV Bolivian Mvdol (Funds code) ( Bolivia ) # BRL Brazilian Real ( Brazil ) # BSD Bahamian Dollar ( Bahamas ) # BTN Ngultrum ( Bhutan ) # BWP Pula ( Botswana ) # BYR Belarussian Ruble ( Belarus ) # BZD Belize Dollar ( Belize ) # CAD Canadian Dollar ( Canada ) # CDF Franc Congolais ( Democratic Republic Of Congo ) # CHF Swiss Franc ( Switzerland ) # CLF Unidades De Formento (Funds code) ( Chile ) # CLP Chilean Peso ( Chile ) # CNY Yuan Renminbi ( People's Republic Of China ) # COP Colombian Peso ( Colombia ) # COU Unidad De Valor Real ( Colombia ) # CRC Costa Rican Colon ( Costa Rica ) # CSD Serbian Dinar ( Serbia ) # CUP Cuban Peso ( Cuba ) # CVE Cape Verde Escudo ( Cape Verde ) # CYP Cyprus Pound ( Cyprus ) # CZK Czech Koruna ( Czech Republic ) # DJF Djibouti Franc ( Djibouti ) # DKK Danish Krone ( Denmark , Faroe Islands ) # DOP Dominican Peso ( Dominican Republic ) # DZD Algerian Dinar ( Algeria ) # EEK Kroon ( Estonia ) # EGP Egyptian Pound ( Egypt ) # ERN Nakfa ( Eritrea ) # ETB Ethiopian Birr ( Ethiopia ) # EUR Euro ( Andorra , Austria , Belgium , Finland , France , French Guiana , French Southern Territories , Germany , Greece , Guadeloupe , Ireland , Italy , Luxembourg , Martinique , Mayotte , Monaco , Montenegro , Netherlands , Portugal , Reunion , Saint Pierre And Miquelon , San Marino , Spain , Vatican City ) # FJD Fiji Dollar ( Fiji ) # FKP Falkland Islands Pound ( Falkland Islands ) # GBP Pound Sterling ( United Kingdom ) # GEL Lari ( Georgia ) # GHC Cedi ( Ghana ) # GIP Gibraltar Pound ( Gibraltar ) # GMD Dalasi ( Gambia ) # GNF Guinea Franc ( Guinea ) # GTQ Quetzal ( Guatemala # GYD Guyana Dollar ( Guyana ) # HKD Hong Kong Dollar ( Hong Kong ) # HNL Lempira ( Honduras ) # HRK Croatian Kuna ( Croatia ) # HTG Haiti Gourde ( Haiti ) # HUF Forint ( Hungary ) # IDR Rupiah ( Indonesia ) # ILS New Israeli Shekel ( Israel ) # INR Indian Rupee ( Bhutan , India ) # IQD Iraqi Dinar ( Iraq ) # IRR Iranian Rial ( Iran ) # ISK Iceland Krona ( Iceland ) # JMD Jamaican Dollar ( Jamaica ) # JOD Jordanian Dinar ( Jordan ) # JPY Yen ( Japan ) # KES Kenyan Shilling ( Kenya ) # KGS Som ( Kyrgyzstan ) # KHR Riel ( Cambodia ) # KMF Comoro Franc ( Comoros ) # KPW North Korean Won ( North Korea ) # KRW Won ( South Korea ) # KWD Kuwaiti Dinar ( Kuwait ) # KYD Cayman Islands Dollar ( Cayman Islands ) # KZT Tenge ( Kazakhstan ) # LAK Kip ( Laos ) # LBP Lebanese Pound ( Lebanon ) # LKR Sri Lanka Rupee ( Sri Lanka ) # LRD Liberian Dollar ( Liberia ) # LSL Loti ( Lesotho ) # LTL Lithuanian Litas ( Lithuania ) # LVL Latvian Lats ( Latvia ) # LYD Libyan Dinar ( Libya ) # MAD Moroccan Dirham ( Morocco , Western Sahara ) # MDL Moldovan Leu ( Moldova ) # MGA Malagasy Ariary ( Madagascar ) # MKD Denar ( Republic Of Macedonia ) # MMK Kyat ( Myanmar ) # MNT Tugrik ( Mongolia ) # MOP Pataca ( Macau ) # MRO Ouguiya ( Mauritania ) # MTL Maltese Lira ( Malta ) # MUR Mauritius Rupee ( Mauritius ) # MVR Rufiyaa ( Maldives ) # MWK Kwacha ( Malawi ) # MXN Mexican Peso ( Mexico ) # MXV Mexican Unidad De Inversion (UDI) (Funds code) ( Mexico ) # MYR Malaysian Ringgit ( Malaysia ) # MZM Metical ( Mozambique ) # NAD Namibian Dollar ( Namibia ) # NGN Naira ( Nigeria ) # NIO Cordoba Oro ( Nicaragua ) # NOK Norwegian Krone ( Norway ) # NPR Nepalese Rupee ( Nepal ) # NZD New Zealand Dollar ( Cook Islands , New Zealand , Niue , Pitcairn , Tokelau ) # OMR Rial Omani ( Oman ) # PAB Balboa ( Panama ) # PEN Nuevo Sol ( Peru ) # PGK Kina ( Papua New Guinea ) # PHP Philippine Peso ( Philippines ) # PKR Pakistan Rupee ( Pakistan ) # PLN Zloty ( Poland ) # PYG Guarani ( Paraguay ) # QAR Qatari Rial ( Qatar ) # RON New Leu ( Romania ) # RUB Russian Ruble ( Russia ) # RWF Rwanda Franc ( Rwanda ) # SAR Saudi Riyal ( Saudi Arabia ) # SBD Solomon Islands Dollar ( Solomon Islands ) # SCR Seychelles Rupee ( Seychelles ) # SDD Sudanese Dinar ( Sudan ) # SEK Swedish Krona ( Sweden ) # SGD Singapore Dollar ( Singapore ) # SHP Saint Helena Pound ( Saint Helena ) # SIT Tolar ( Slovenia ) # SKK Slovak Koruna ( Slovakia ) # SLL Leone ( Sierra Leone ) # SOS Somali Shilling ( Somalia ) # SRD Surinam Dollar ( Suriname ) # STD Dobra ( São Tomé And Príncipe ) # SYP Syrian Pound ( Syria ) # SZL Lilangeni ( Swaziland ) # THB Baht ( Thailand ) # TJS Somoni ( Tajikistan ) # TMM Manat ( Turkmenistan ) # TND Tunisian Dinar ( Tunisia ) # TOP Pa'anga ( Tonga ) # TRY New Turkish Lira ( Turkey ) # TTD Trinidad And Tobago Dollar ( Trinidad And Tobago ) # TWD New Taiwan Dollar ( Taiwan ) # TZS Tanzanian Shilling ( Tanzania ) # UAH Hryvnia ( Ukraine ) # UGX Uganda Shilling ( Uganda ) # USD US Dollar ( American Samoa , British Indian Ocean Territory , Ecuador , El Salvador , Guam , Haiti , Marshall Islands , Micronesia , Northern Mariana Islands , Palau , Panama , East Timor , Turks And Caicos Islands , United States , Virgin Islands , Western Samoa ) # UYU Peso Uruguayo ( Uruguay ) # UZS Uzbekistan Som ( Uzbekistan ) # VEB Bolivar ( Venezuela ) # VND Dong ( Vietnam ) # VUV Vatu ( Vanuatu ) # WST Tala ( Samoa ) # XAF CFA Franc BEAC ( Cameroon , Central African Republic , Congo , Chad , Equatorial Guinea , Gabon ) # XAG Silver (one Troy Ounce ) # XAU Gold (one Troy Ounce ) # 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 ( Anguilla , Antigua And Barbuda , Dominica , Grenada , Montserrat , Saint Kitts And Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent And The Grenadines ) # XDR Special Drawing Rights ( IMF ) # XFO Gold-Franc (Special settlement currency) # XFU UIC Franc (Special settlement currency) # XOF CFA Franc BCEAO ( Benin , Burkina Faso , Côte D'Ivoire , Guinea-Bissau , Mali , Niger , Senegal , Togo ) # XPD Palladium (one Troy Ounce ) # XPF CFP Franc ( French Polynesia , New Caledonia , Wallis And Futuna ) # XPT Platinum (one Troy Ounce ) # XTS Code reserved for testing purposes # XXX No currency # YER Yemeni Rial ( Yemen ) # ZAR Rand ( Lesotho , Namibia , South Africa ) # ZMK Kwacha ( Zambia ) # ZWD Zimbabwe Dollar ( Zimbabwe ) http://www.jhall.demon.co.uk/currency/ Currency Numeric Codes ALPHABETIC CODE NUMERIC CODE ADP 020 AED 784 AFA 004 ALL 008 AMD 051 ANG 532 AON 024 AOR 982 ARS 032 ATS 040 AUD 036 AWG 533 AZM 031 AZN 944 BAM 977 BBD 052 BDT 050 BEF 056 BGL 100 BGN 975 BHD 048 BIF 108 BMD 060 BND 096 BRL 986 BSD 044 BTN 064 BWP 072 BYR 974 BZD 084 CAD 124 CDF 976 CHF 756 CLF 990 CLP 152 CNY 156 COP 170 CRC 188 CUP 192 CVE 132 CYP 196 CZK 203 DEM 276 DJF 262 DKK 208 DOP 214 DZD 012 ECS 218 ECV 983 EEK 233 EGP 818 ERN 232 ESP 724 ETB 230 EUR 978 FIM 246 FJD 242 FKP 238 FRF 250 GBP 826 GEL 981 GHC 288 GIP 292 GMD 270 GNF 324 GRD 300 GTQ 320 GWP 624 GYD 328 HKD 344 HNL 340 HRK 191 HTG 332 HUF 348 IDR 360 IEP 372 ILS 376 INR 356 IQD 368 IRR 364 ISK 352 ITL 380 JMD 388 JOD 400 JPY 392 KES 404 KGS 417 KHR 116 KMF 174 KPW 408 KRW 410 KWD 414 KYD 136 KZT 398 LAK 418 LBP 422 LKR 144 LRD 430 LSL 426 LTL 440 LUF 442 LVL 428 LYD 434 MAD 504 MDL 498 MGA 969 MGF 450 MKD 807 MMK 104 MNT 496 MOP 446 MRO 478 MTL 470 MUR 480 MVR 462 MWK 454 MXN 484 MXV 979 MYR 458 MZM 508 NAD 516 NGN 566 NIO 558 NLG 528 NOK 578 NPR 524 NZD 554 OMR 512 PAB 590 PEN 604 PGK 598 PHP 608 PKR 586 PLN 985 PTE 620 PYG 600 QAR 634 ROL 642 RUB 643 RUR 810 RWF 646 SAR 682 SBD 090 SCR 690 SDD 736 SEK 752 SGD 702 SHP 654 SIT 705 SKK 703 SLL 694 SOS 706 SRG 740 STD 678 SVC 222 SYP 760 SZL 748 THB 764 TJR 762 TJS 972 TMM 795 TND 788 TOP 776 TPE 626 TRY 949 TTD 780 TWD 901 TZS 834 UAH 980 UGX 800 USD 840 USN 997 USS 998 UYU 858 UZS 860 VEB 862 VND 704 VUV 548 WST 882 XAF 950 XAG 961 XAU 959 XBA 955 XBB 956 XBC 957 XBD 958 XCD 951 XDR 960 XFO Nil XFU Nil XOF 952 XPD 964 XPF 953 XPT 962 XTS 963 XXX 999 YER 886 YUM 891 ZAL 991 ZAR 710 ZMK 894 ZRN 180 ZWD 716 Without currency code A number of territories are not included in ISO 4217, because their currencies are not ''per se'' an independent currency, but a variant of another currency. These currencies are: # Faroese Króna (dependent on the Danish Krone ) # Guernsey Pound (dependent on the Pound Sterling ) # Jersey Pound (dependent on the Pound Sterling ) # Isle Of Man Pound (dependent on the Pound Sterling ) # Tuvaluan Dollar (dependent on the Australian Dollar ). Obsolete currency codes Note that the currency names used below may not match the currency names used in the ISO standard itself, but the codes do match. Replaced by Euro # ADP Andorran Peseta # ATS Austrian Schilling # BEF Belgian Franc # DEM Deutsche Mark # ESP Spanish Peseta # FIM Finnish Markka # FRF French Franc # GRD Greek Drachma # IEP Irish Pound # ITL Italian Lira # LUF Luxembourg Franc # NLG Dutch Guilder # PTE Portuguese Escudo # XEU European Currency Unit (ECU) Replaced for other reasons # AFA Afghani (replaced by AFN) # ALK Albanian old lek (replaced by ALL) # AON Angolan New Kwanza (replaced by AOA) # AOR Angolan Kwanza Readjustado (replaced by AOA) # ARP Peso Argentino (replaced by ARS) # ARY Argentine peso (replaced by ARS) # AZM Azerbaijan i Manat (replaced by AZN) # BEC Belgian Franc (convertible) # BEL Belgian Franc (financial) # BGJ Bulgarian lev A/52 (replaced by BGN) # BGK Bulgarian lev A/62 (replaced by BGN) # BGL Bulgarian lev A/99 (replaced by BGN) # BOP Bolivian peso (replaced by BOB) # BRB Brazilian cruzeiro (replaced by BRL) # BRC Brazilian cruzado (replaced by BRL) # CNX Chinese People's Bank dollar (replaced by CNY) # CSJ Czechoslovak koruna A/53 # CSK Czechoslovak koruna (replaced by CZK and SKK) # DDM mark der DDR (East Germany) (replaced by DEM) # ECS Ecuador Sucre (replaced by USD) # ECV Ecuador Unidad De Valor Constante (Funds code) (discontinued) # EQE Equatorial Guinean ekwele (replaced by XAF) # ESA Spanish peseta (account A) # ESB Spanish peseta (account B) # GNE Guinean syli (replaced by XOF) # GWP Guinea peso (replaced by XOF) # ILP Israeli pound (replaced by ILR) # ILR Israeli old shekel (replaced by ILS) # ISJ Icelandic old krona (replaced by ISK) # LAJ Lao kip - Pot Pol (replaced by LAK) # MAF Mali franc (replaced by XOF) # MGF Malagasy Franc (replaced by MGA) # MKN Macedonian denar A/93 (replaced by MKD) # MVQ Maldive rupee (replaced by MVR) # MXP Mexican peso (replaced by MXN) # PEH Peruvian sol (replaced by PEN) # PLZ Polish złoty A/94 (replaced by PLN) # ROK Romanian leu A/52 (replaced by ROL) # ROL Romania n Leu A/05 (replaced by RON) # RUR Russian ruble (replaced by RUB) # SRG Suriname guilder (replaced by SRD) # SUR Soviet Union ruble (replaced by RUB) # SVC Salvadoran Colón (replaced by USD) # TPE Timor escudo # TRL Turkish Lira A/05 (replaced by TRY) # UGW Ugandan old shilling (replaced by UGX) # UYN Uruguay old peso (replaced by UYU) # VNC Vietnamese old dong (replaced by VND) # YDD South Yemeni dinar (replaced by YER) # YUD New Yugoslavian Dinar (replaced by CSD) # YUM Yugoslavian Dinar (replaced by CSD) # ZAL South African Financial Rand (Funds code) (discontinued) # ZRN New Zaire (replaced by CDF) # ZRZ Zaire (replaced by CDF) # ZWC Zimbabwe Rhodesian dollar (replaced by ZWD) See also
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