ISO 4217 added to the standard. A number of currencies are not included in ISO 4217, because these currencies are: (a) minor currencies pegged 1:1 to a larger currency, even if independently regulated (b) a legal tender only issued as commemorative banknotes or coinage, or (c) a currency of an unrecognized or partially recognized state. These currencies include: See for a list of all currently pegged currencies. Despite having no official recognition in ISO 4217, the following non-ISO codes are sometimes used locally or commercially. In addition, GBX is sometimes used (for example on the London Stock Exchange) to denote Penny sterling,
Brazilian National Standards Organization (AMN). ABNT is the exclusive representative of Brazil in the international organizations ISO and IEC and in the regional entities COPANT and AMN. Brazilian National Standards Organization The Brazilian Association of Technical Standards, usually rendered in Portuguese as Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) is a private non-profit organization and the normative body which is responsible for technical standards in Brazil, and intends to promote technological development in the country. Brazilian national standards published by the association are named "Norma Brasileira Regulamentadora" and abbreviated NBR. ABNT was founded in 1940. It was officially adopted by the Brazilian government in 1962.