In 1973, the ISO Technical Committee 68 decided to develop codes for the representation of currencies and funds for use in any application of trade, commerce or banking. At the … See more

Active codes (list one)
The following is a list of active codes of official ISO 4217 currency names as of 1 January 2024 . In the standard the values are called … See more

Currencies without ISO 4217 currency codes
A number of active currencies do not have an ISO 4217 code, because they may be:
• (1) a minor currency pegged at par (1:1) to a larger currency, even if independently regulated, See more

• "Data Standards, ISO 4217 - Currency Code Maintenance: Get the Correct Currency Code". www.six-group.com. SIX Group. 2022-10-01.
• An older list of ISO 4217 alphabetic codes that contains some history of ISO 4217 See more

National currencies
In the case of national currencies, the first two letters of the alpha code are the two letters of the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code and the third is usually the initial of the currency's main unit. So Japan's currency code is See more

Minor unit fractions
The 2008 (7th) edition of ISO 4217 says the following about minor units of currency:
Requirements … See more

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