diff --git a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
index 850126d..9dad53c 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
+++ b/src/iec61850/inc/iec61850_model.h
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ typedef enum {
 	IEC61850_GENERIC_BITSTRING = 26,
 	IEC61850_CONSTRUCTED = 27,
 	IEC61850_ENTRY_TIME = 28,
-	IEC61850_PHYCOMADDR = 29
+	IEC61850_PHYCOMADDR = 29,
+	IEC61850_CURRENCY = 30
 
 
 #if (CONFIG_IEC61850_USE_COMPAT_TYPE_DECLARATIONS == 1)
diff --git a/src/iec61850/server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c b/src/iec61850/server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c
index 7df4ebb..7e9e5d9 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c
+++ b/src/iec61850/server/mms_mapping/mms_mapping.c
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ createNamedVariableFromDataAttribute(DataAttribute* attribute)
             namedVariable->typeSpec.octetString = -64;
             namedVariable->type = MMS_OCTET_STRING;
             break;
+        case IEC61850_CURRENCY:  /* mapping of Currency BasicType (see tissue 1047) */
+            namedVariable->typeSpec.visibleString = -3;
+            namedVariable->type = MMS_VISIBLE_STRING;
+            break;
         case IEC61850_VISIBLE_STRING_32:
             namedVariable->typeSpec.visibleString = -32;
             namedVariable->type = MMS_VISIBLE_STRING;
diff --git a/src/iec61850/server/model/config_file_parser.c b/src/iec61850/server/model/config_file_parser.c
index cd034e0..c63a802 100644
--- a/src/iec61850/server/model/config_file_parser.c
+++ b/src/iec61850/server/model/config_file_parser.c
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ ConfigFileParser_createModelFromConfigFile(FileHandle fileHandle)
                             case IEC61850_VISIBLE_STRING_65:
                             case IEC61850_VISIBLE_STRING_64:
                             case IEC61850_VISIBLE_STRING_32:
+                            case IEC61850_CURRENCY:
                                 {
                                     char* stringStart = valueIndicator + 2;
                                     terminateString(stringStart, '"');
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/genconfig.jar b/tools/model_generator/genconfig.jar
index 0fa5a6a..f50b47c 100644
Binary files a/tools/model_generator/genconfig.jar and b/tools/model_generator/genconfig.jar differ
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/genmodel.jar b/tools/model_generator/genmodel.jar
index c79ce55..aa36640 100644
Binary files a/tools/model_generator/genmodel.jar and b/tools/model_generator/genmodel.jar differ
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/AttributeType.java b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/AttributeType.java
index b927e7e..0d0e1f8 100644
--- a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/AttributeType.java
+++ b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/AttributeType.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ public enum AttributeType {
     GENERIC_BITSTRING(26), 
     CONSTRUCTED(27), 
     ENTRY_TIME(28), 
-    PHYCOMADDR(29);
+    PHYCOMADDR(29),
+    CURRENCY(30);
     
     private int intValue;
     
@@ -107,6 +108,8 @@ public enum AttributeType {
             return QUALITY;
         else if (typeString.equals("Timestamp"))
             return TIMESTAMP;
+        else if (typeString.equals("Currency"))
+            return CURRENCY;
         else if (typeString.equals("VisString32"))
             return VISIBLE_STRING_32;
         else if (typeString.equals("VisString64"))
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/DataModelValue.java b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/DataModelValue.java
index 7ff6f70..5eeb67e 100644
--- a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/DataModelValue.java
+++ b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/scl/model/DataModelValue.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class DataModelValue {
         case VISIBLE_STRING_65:
         case VISIBLE_STRING_129:
         case VISIBLE_STRING_255:
+        case CURRENCY:
             this.value = (Object) value;
             break;
         case CHECK:
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/DynamicModelGenerator.java b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/DynamicModelGenerator.java
index c002bbd..5321094 100644
--- a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/DynamicModelGenerator.java
+++ b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/DynamicModelGenerator.java
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ public class DynamicModelGenerator {
                case UNICODE_STRING_255:
                    output.print("=\"" + value.getValue()+ "\"");
                    break;
+               case CURRENCY:
                case VISIBLE_STRING_32:
                case VISIBLE_STRING_64:
                case VISIBLE_STRING_129:
diff --git a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/StaticModelGenerator.java b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/StaticModelGenerator.java
index b0500a7..d7b8b9e 100644
--- a/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/StaticModelGenerator.java
+++ b/tools/model_generator/src/com/libiec61850/tools/StaticModelGenerator.java
@@ -767,6 +767,7 @@ public class StaticModelGenerator {
         case VISIBLE_STRING_129:
         case VISIBLE_STRING_255:
         case VISIBLE_STRING_65:
+        case CURRENCY:
             buffer.append("MmsValue_newVisibleString(\"" + value.getValue() + "\");");
             break;
         case FLOAT32: