![]() This means that, for example, the Danish krone is a currency in its own, but is tied to euro with a constant rate. Of these 162, however, 47 currencies are tied to another with a fixed exchange rate. More details on how to contact SIX Financial Information AG can be found in the list of Maintenance Agencies. All currencies of all countries Altogether, there are 162 official currencies around the world. 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. Today, most of the major currencies around the world, including the euro, British pound and Japanese yen, fall into this category. 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. For example, countries in the European Union place the euro symbol to the right of the. 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. But currency symbol placement changes based on geographic location. 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. The alphabetic code is based on another ISO standard, ISO 3166, which lists the codes for country names.
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