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ISIN

A twelve-character international code that uniquely identifies every security.

The first two letters show the country of registration – US for the United States, GB for the UK, IE for Ireland (common for European ETFs). In the US, the nine-character CUSIP forms the core of the ISIN. With the ISIN you can find a security unambiguously at any broker.