More details on how to contact SIX Financial Information AG can be found in the list of Maintenance Agencies.

Periodically, amendments must be made to ISO 4217:2015 and these are managed by the Secretariat of the Maintenance Agency, in this case the SIX Financial Information AG on behalf of the Swiss Association for Standardization, SNV. ISO 4217:2015 also describes historical codes in List 3, as well as the codes representing certain funds in List 2. Where possible, the three-digit numeric code is the same as the numeric country code.įor currencies having minor units, ISO 4217:2015 also shows the relationship between the minor unit and the currency itself (i.e. It is followed by the Euro as well as the British Pound which are also used globally. The US dollar is the most widely used currency around the world. The three-digit numeric code is useful when currency codes need to be understood in countries that do not use Latin scripts and for computerized systems. The top 20 currencies in use today are the US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc, New Zealand Dollar.

The Swiss franc is represented by CHF – the CH being the code for Switzerland in the ISO 3166 code and F for franc.

The US dollar is represented as USD – the US coming from the ISO 3166 country code and the D for dollar.

The first two letters of the ISO 4217 three-letter code are the same as the code for the country name, and, where possible, the third letter corresponds to the first letter of the currency name. We have to use the name and code correctly in order to ensure a smooth transaction.įir enhancing general knowledge on currencies of all the countries, the following list will also be useful.The alphabetic code is based on another ISO standard, ISO 3166, which lists the codes for country names. This list will provide the country and currency, with the ISO code. Here you will find a complete list of all currencies currently in action in the world. List of country and currency list All currencies in the world

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