ISO 4217

Also known as ISO 4217 List one: Currency, fund and precious metal codes

standard which delineates currency designators and its countries

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ISO 4217 is an international standard that assigns three-letter codes to the world's currencies and identifies which countries use them. It matters because these standardized codes allow banks, businesses, and financial systems worldwide to clearly identify and communicate about different currencies without confusion.

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standards body: International Organization for Standardization
topic's main category: Category:ISO 4217
uses: ISO 3166
International Classification for Standards: 03.060
maintained by: SIX Financial Information
work available at URL: www.six-group.com/en/products-services/financial-information/data-standards.html
URL: www.six-group.com/dam/download/financial-information/data-center/iso-currrency/amendments/lists/overview-amendments.xlsx
start time: 1978-00-00
represents: currency

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Encyclopedic overview

An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code "EUR" (bottom left) and not with euro currency sign "€"

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. This data is published in three tables:

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