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== Non ISO 4217 currencies == === Currencies without ISO 4217 currency codes === A number of active currencies do not have an ISO 4217 code, because they may be: # a minor currency pegged at par (1:1) to a larger currency, even if independently regulated, # a currency only used for commemorative banknotes or coins, or # a currency of an [[List of states with limited recognition|unrecognized or partially recognized state]]. These currencies include: * [[Abkhazian apsar]] (state of issue is viewed as ''[[de jure]]'' part of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]) * [[Alderney pound]] (1:1 [[Fixed exchange rate|pegged]] to sterling) * [[Artsakh dram]] * [[Cook Islands dollar]] (1:1 pegged to the New Zealand dollar) * [[Faroese króna]] (1:1 pegged to the Danish krone) * [[Guernsey pound]] (1:1 pegged to sterling) * [[Isle of Man pound]] (1:1 pegged to sterling) * [[Jersey pound]] (1:1 pegged to sterling) * [[Kiribati dollar]] (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar) * [[Maltese scudo]] (1:0.24 pegged to the [[euro]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orderofmalta.int/catalogue/38626/a-little-history/?lang=en |title=The Order of Malta, A little history |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-date=2015-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103235045/http://www.orderofmalta.int/catalogue/38626/a-little-history/?lang=en |url-status=dead }}</ref>) (Currency of the [[Sovereign Order of Malta]]; the [[Republic of Malta]] uses the euro.) * [[Real Time Gross Settlement dollar]] (ZWL occasionally used) * [[Sahrawi peseta]] (pegged to the euro), sometimes given the code "EHP" but this has not been assigned by the ISO * [[Somaliland shilling]] (state of issue is viewed as ''de jure'' part of [[Somalia]], exchange rate not fixed) * [[Transnistrian ruble]] (state of issue is viewed as ''de jure'' part of [[Moldova]]) * [[Tuvaluan dollar]] (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar) * [[Zimbabwean bonds]] See [[:Category:Fixed exchange rate]] for a list of all currently pegged currencies. ===Non-standard codes <span class="anchor" id="Unofficial currency codes"></span>=== Despite having no presence or status in the standard, [[three letter acronym]]s that resemble ISO 4217 coding are sometimes used locally or commercially to represent {{lang|la|de facto}} currencies or currency instruments. <!-- no consensus for Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies,see talk page. --> <!--To be included in this table, a reliable source that affirms its status as a recognised currency code alongside genuine ISO currency codes, must be cited. An example of use somewhere random is not usable as a citation. --> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |- |+ Active abbreviations resembling ISO 4217 currency codes |- ! Unofficial<br />code !! {{nowrap|ISO 4217}}<br />code !! {{nowrap|D{{efn|name=MinorUnits}}}} !! Currency !! style="max-width:128px" |Locations using this currency !! Notes |- | BDS<ref name="CB.bb">{{cite web |title=Exchange Rates |url=http://www.centralbank.org.bb/research-publications/statistics/interest-rates-and-exchange-rates?page=3 |website=Central Bank of Barbados |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>{{efn |name="BDS" |The Government of Barbados and the Central Bank often use the [[International vehicle registration code]] code "BDS" instead of the ISO 4217 code "BBD". For example, the Central Bank uses the code "BDS$" for listing past exchange rates on its website.<ref name="CB.bb" />}} | BBD ||2||[[Barbados dollar]] ||[[Barbados]] || 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<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecrresearch.com/chinas-currency-rmb-cny-cnh |title=China's currency: the RMB, CNY, CNH... |access-date=30 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418072032/http://www.ecrresearch.com/chinas-currency-rmb-cny-cnh |archive-date=18 April 2015 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Renminbi]] (offshore) ||[[Hong Kong]] || The code CNH is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving '''H'''ong Kong. See [[Internationalization of the renminbi#2009: Offshore Renminbi (CNH)|Offshore Renminbi (CNH)]]. The USD/CNY rate and the USD/CNH rate are, usually, different.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CNH vs CNY: Differences Between the Two Yuan |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/cnh-vs-cny-differences-between-two-yuan-2018-09-12 |website=Nasdaq}}</ref> |- | CNT<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.euromoney.com/article/b12kjn192ygbkz/taiwan-launches-offshore-rmb-paves-way-for-cnt-market |title=Taiwan launches offshore RMB |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=12 Aug 2020}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Renminbi]] (offshore) ||[[Taiwan]] || The code CNT is used to represent the Renminbi in offshore trading, especially offshore trading involving '''T'''aiwan. See [[Renminbi#Other markets|Other markets]]. |- | GGP<ref name="XE-20190810">{{cite web |title=Currency Table: Euro (EUR) |url=https://www.xe.com/currencytables/?from=EUR&date=2019-08-10 |website=XE.com|publisher=XE.com Inc. |access-date=10 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810223748/https://www.xe.com/currencytables/?from=EUR&date=2019-08-10 |archive-date=10 August 2019 |location=Newmarket, Ontario |date=10 August 2019}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Guernsey pound]] ||[[Guernsey]] || |- | IMP<ref name="XE-20190810"/> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Manx pound]] ||[[Isle of Man]] || |- | JEP<ref name="XE-20190810"/> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Jersey pound]] ||[[Jersey]] || |- | KID<ref name="hammett">{{cite book |last=Hammett |first=Mike |year=2001 |title=Dictionary of International Trade Finance Terms |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kmFzrWor3PAC&pg=PA176 |page=176 |location=Canterbury |publisher=Financial World Publishing |isbn=978-085297-576-3 |access-date=29 November 2013}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Kiribati dollar]] ||[[Kiribati]] || |- | NIS<ref>{{cite web |title=Bank of Israel - Currency |url=http://www.boi.org.il/en/Currency/Pages/Default.aspx |website=www.boi.org.il}}</ref>|| ILS ||2||[[Israeli new shekel|Israeli shekel]] ||[[Israel]]|| NIS stands for '''''N'''ew '''I'''sraeli '''S'''hekel'', the currency that replaced the [[Old Israeli shekel|first Israeli shekel]] due to hyperinflation. NIS conflicts with ISO 4217, because NI stands for Nicaragua. |- | NTD<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uoR1DwAAQBAJ&dq=NTD+%22new+taiwan+dollar%22&pg=PA194 |title=Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volume 34 (2016) |first=Ying-jeou |last=Ma |date=27 November 2017 |publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004359222 |via=Google Books}}</ref> | TWD ||2||[[New Taiwan dollar]] ||[[Taiwan]] || |- | PRB<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21ynDwAAQBAJ&dq=PRB+%22ruble%22&pg=PA573 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation |first=Robert A. |last=Saunders |date=20 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781538120484 |via=Google Books}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Transnistrian ruble]] ||[[Transnistria]] || 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/somalia/somalia-market-update-february-2022-update-issued-march-28-2022|title=Somalia Market Update: February 2022 Update (Issued March 28, 2022) – Somalia {{pipe}} ReliefWeb|website=reliefweb.int|date=28 March 2022 }}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Somaliland shilling]] ||[[Somaliland]] || 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<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swift.com/sites/default/files/files/chaps-getting-started-guide_v1_0.pdf|title=CHAPS ISO 20022 over SWIFT}}</ref> | GBP ||2||[[Pound sterling|Sterling]] ||[[United Kingdom]] || STG stands for '''''ST'''erlin'''G''''', the official name of the United Kingdom's currency, of which the [[pound (currency)|pound]] is the main unit. While not an ISO code, "STG" is nonetheless the [[CHAPS]] [[real-time gross settlement]] and [[clearing (finance)|clearing]] code for sterling recognized by [[SWIFT]]. It is listed in [[ISO 20022]] as a registered external code used by SWIFT.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iso20022.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/externalcodesets_4q2021_v2_1.xlsx |title=AllCodeSets}}</ref> STG conflicts with ISO 4217, because ST stands for São Tomé and Príncipe. |- | RMB || CNY ||2||[[Renminbi]] ||[[Mainland China]] || RMB stands for '''''R'''en'''M'''in'''B'''i'', the official name of the Chinese currency, of which the [[yuan (currency)|yuan]] is the main unit. RMB conflicts with ISO 4217 because RM is reserved for Madagascar. |- | TVD<ref name="XE-20190810"/> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Tuvalu dollar]] ||[[Tuvalu]] ||[[ISO 3166-1 alpha-2#TV|TV]] is the ISO 3166 two-letter code for Tuvalu |- | ZWB<ref name="MRI-90-253">{{cite book |editor-last=Efron |editor-first=Arnoldo |title=MRI Bankers' Guide to Foreign Currency. |date=2018 |publisher=Monetary Research Institute |location=Houston, Texas |isbn=978-0962933974 |edition=90 |chapter=Zimbabwe |page=253}}</ref> ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Zimbabwean bonds]] ||[[Zimbabwe]] || Also known as the [[RTGS Dollar]]. |} The following non-ISO codes were used in the past. <!-- No consensus for Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies,see talk page. --> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |- |+ Historical non-ISO 4217 currency codes |- ! Unoffi­cial<br />code !! {{nowrap|ISO 4217}}<br />code !! {{nowrap|D{{efn|name=MinorUnits}}}} !! Currency !! Locations that used this currency !! Notes |- | ADF ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Andorran franc]] ||[[Andorra]] ||[[De facto currency]] used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the [[euro]] (EUR).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Andorran franc |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/ADF |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | ARL || ARY ||2||[[Argentine peso ley]] ||[[Argentina]] || Used from January 1970 to May 1983, when it was replaced by the [[Argentine peso argentino]] (ARP).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Argentine peso argentino |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/ARP |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | MAF{{efn|name=MAF |Not compatible with ISO 4217, as currency codes beginning with MA are reserved to Morocco. However, formerly referred to in the list of historical currencies with a footnote stating that it is a "non ISO code".<ref>{{Cite book |title=ISO 4217:2008 |year=2013 |url=https://archive.org/details/gov.in.is.15413.2013/page/n35/mode/2up |page=31}}</ref> Amended to MLF on 2007-06-18.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISO 4217 Amendment Number 138 |url=https://www.currency-iso.org/dam/downloads/dl_currency_iso_amendment_138.pdf |website=ISO 4217 Maintenance Agency}}</ref>}} ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Malian franc]] ||[[Mali]] || Used from 1962 to 1984. The code MAF was formerly noted in ISO 4217, but was amended to MLF on 2007-06-18.{{efn|name=MAF}} |- | MCF ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Monégasque franc]] ||[[Monaco]] || Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the [[euro]] (EUR).<ref>{{cite web|title=EU Vocabularies, Monegasque franc |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/MCF |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | MKN ||{{n/a}} ||||[[Macedonian denar#1st|first denar]] ||[[North Macedonia]] || Used from January 1990 through 1993, when it was replaced by the [[Macedonian denar#2nd|second denar]] (MKD).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Denar A/93 |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/MKN |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | SML ||{{n/a}} || 0 ||[[San Marinese lira]] ||[[San Marino]] || Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the [[euro]] (EUR).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, San Marinese lira |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/SML |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | VAL ||{{n/a}} || 0 ||[[Vatican lira]] ||[[Vatican City]] || Used until January 1999, when it was replaced by the [[euro]] (EUR).<ref>{{cite web|title=EU Vocabularies, Vatican lira|url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/VAL|date=2022-03-16|publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]]}}</ref> |- | YUG ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Yugoslav dinar#YUG|Yugoslav dinar]] ||[[Yugoslavia]] || Re-denomination used in January 1994 until it was replaced by the [[Yugoslav dinar#YUM|novi dinar]] (YUM).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Yugoslav dinar |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/YUG |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]] |postscript=none}} [refers to YUG].</ref> |- | YUO ||{{n/a}} ||2||[[Yugoslav dinar#YUO|Yugoslav dinar]] ||[[Yugoslavia]]|| Re-denomination used from October–December 1993, when it was again re-denominated (YUG).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Yugoslav dinar |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/YUO |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]] |postscript=none}} [refers to YUO].</ref> |- | YUR ||{{n/a}} ||2|| Reformed [[Yugoslav dinar#YUR|Yugoslav dinar]] ||[[Yugoslavia]]{{efn|Croatia and Macedonia issued their own currencies before the 1992 dinar entered circulation. Bosnia and Herzegovina issued their own currency when the 1992 dinar entered circulation.}} || Revaluation used from July 1992 to September 1993 until re-denomination (YUO).<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Vocabularies, Yugoslav dinar |url=https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/concept/-/resource?uri=http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/currency/YUR |date=2022-03-16 |publisher=[[Publications Office of the European Union]] |postscript=none}} [refers to YUR].</ref> |} === Unofficial codes for minor units of currency === Minor units of currency (also known as currency subdivisions or currency subunits) are often used for pricing and trading [[stock]]s and other assets, such as energy,<ref name=":2" /> but are not assigned codes by ISO 4217. Two conventions for representing minor units are in widespread use: * Replacing the third letter of the ISO 4217 Code of the parent currency with an upper-case "X". Examples are GBX<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Transaction Reporting User Manual (TRUM), Section 7.3 (Data fields for quantity and price reporting), Field 17 (Currency) |url=https://kb.acer-remit.eu/category/trum/page/5/ |website=Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=TRADEcho PreTrade SI Quote FIX Specification |url=https://docs.londonstockexchange.com/sites/default/files/documents/tradecho_pretrade_sl_quote_fix_specification_3_5_0_rev_a.pdf |website=London Stock Exchange}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=GBP |url=https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gbp.asp |website=Investopedia}}</ref> for penny sterling, USX<ref name=":1" /> for the US Cent, EUX<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> for the Euro Cent. * Replacing the third letter of the ISO 4217 Code of the parent currency with the first letter of the name of a minor unit, using lower-case. Examples are GBp<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Currency Struct Reference, Member Enumeration Documentation |url=https://ref.onixs.biz/cpp-thomson-reuters-market-data-handler-guide/struct_onix_s_1_1_thomson_reuters_1_1_market_data_1_1_currency.html |website=OnixS}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> for Penny Sterling, USc<ref name=":3" /> for the US Cent, and EUc<ref name=":3" /> for the Euro Cent. A third convention is similar to the second one but uses an upper-case letter, e.g. ZAC<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are Currency Options |url=https://www.jse.co.za/content/JSEBrochureItems/JSE%20Currency%20Options%20-%20April%202014.pdf |website=Johannesburg Stock Exchange |access-date=2020-04-14 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801234848/https://www.jse.co.za/content/JSEBrochureItems/JSE%20Currency%20Options%20-%20April%202014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> for the South African Cent. === Cryptocurrencies === {{See also|List of cryptocurrencies}} [[Cryptocurrency|Cryptocurrencies]] have ''not'' been assigned an ISO 4217 code.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISO 4217 Currency Codes |url=https://www.xe.com/iso4217.php |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.xe.com}}</ref> However, some cryptocurrencies and [[cryptocurrency exchange]]s use a three-letter acronym that resemble an ISO 4217 code.
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