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retitle -1 Should add a list of countries where each currency is used
found -1 1.7-1
thanks

Quoting Vladimir Volovich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> unfortunately your email which you sent in November got filtered by
> anti-spam and i didn't see it until today.

Grmbl..:-)...Also happens to me.

> concerning SVC, wikipedia writes at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador:
> 
>   The United States dollar is the currency in use. Financial information
>   can be expressed in US Dollars and in Salvadoran Colón, but it is out
>   of circulation. http://www.bcr.gob.sv/ingles/integracion/ley.html
> 
> so maybe this explains why iso.org page still lists it as active code.

Yes. So it seems it's best to keep it in the regular section.

> 
> i didn't find an explanation why GWP would still be listed as current -
> maybe it's an oversight on their page.

Yes. Guinea-Bissau doesn't seem to use the Peso anymore. So removing
the non-historic entry and keeping the historic one....

> 2) you may want to consider adding an attribute to the iso_4217_entry
> elements which lists the iso-3166 country codes of the countries which
> use the particular currency. this may be useful additional information.
> 
> an example of what i mean is to change
> 
>         <iso_4217_entry
>                 letter_code="AUD"
>                 numeric_code="036"
>                 currency_name="Australian Dollar" />
> 
> to
> 
>         <iso_4217_entry
>                 letter_code="AUD"
>                 numeric_code="036"
>                 currency_name="Australian Dollar"
>                 countries="AUS,CCK,CXR,HMD,KIR,NFK,NRU,TUV" />


Interesting suggestion. I clone this as another bug report.

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