Without Currency Code
A number of currencies are not included in ISO 4217, because these currencies are: (a) not per se 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:
- Alderney pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
- Bitcoin (not issued by a recognized state)
- 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 the pound sterling)
- Isle of Man pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
- Jersey pound (1:1 pegged to the pound sterling)
- Kiribati dollar (1:1 pegged to the Australian dollar)
- Maltese scudo (1:0.24 pegged to the euro)
- 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)
The following non-ISO codes are, however, sometimes used commercially:
| Code | Num | E | Currency | Locations using this currency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | - | - | Bitcoin | International |
| GGP | - | 2 | Guernsey pound | Guernsey |
| JEP | - | 2 | Jersey pound | Jersey |
| IMP | - | 2 | Isle of Man pound also Manx pound | Isle of Man |
| KRI | - | 2 | Kiribati dollar | Kiribati |
| SLS, SLSH | - | 2 | Somaliland shilling | Somaliland |
| PRB | - | 2 | Transnistrian ruble | Transnistria |
| TVD | - | 2 | Tuvalu dollar | Tuvalu |
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.
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