diff --git a/src/js/ripple/serializedtypes.js b/src/js/ripple/serializedtypes.js
index a854ee97..65735c88 100644
--- a/src/js/ripple/serializedtypes.js
+++ b/src/js/ripple/serializedtypes.js
@@ -256,9 +256,12 @@ var STCurrency = new SerializedType({
   parse: function (so) {
     var bytes = so.read(20);
     var currency = Currency.from_bytes(bytes);
-    if (!currency.is_valid()) {
-      throw new Error("Invalid currency: "+convert_bytes_to_hex(bytes));
-    }
+    // XXX Disabled check. Theoretically, the Currency class should support any
+    //     UInt160 value and consider it valid. But it doesn't, so for the
+    //     deserialization to be usable, we need to allow invalid results for now.
+    //if (!currency.is_valid()) {
+    //  throw new Error("Invalid currency: "+convert_bytes_to_hex(bytes));
+    //}
     return currency;
   }
 });