Reference

Currency codes.

The three-letter ISO 4217 codes, with symbols and where they're used.

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Major world currencies

CodeCurrencySymbolRegion
USDUS Dollar$United States
EUREuroEurozone
JPYJapanese Yen¥Japan
GBPPound Sterling£United Kingdom
CNYChinese Yuan¥China
AUDAustralian Dollar$Australia
CADCanadian Dollar$Canada
CHFSwiss FrancFrSwitzerland
HKDHong Kong DollarHK$Hong Kong
SGDSingapore DollarS$Singapore
INRIndian RupeeIndia
KRWSouth Korean WonSouth Korea
MXNMexican Peso$Mexico
BRLBrazilian RealR$Brazil

Other widely-traded

CodeCurrencySymbolRegion
RUBRussian RubleRussia
ZARSouth African RandRSouth Africa
SEKSwedish KronakrSweden
NOKNorwegian KronekrNorway
DKKDanish KronekrDenmark
NZDNew Zealand Dollar$New Zealand
TRYTurkish LiraTurkey
AEDUAE Dirhamد.إUnited Arab Emirates
SARSaudi RiyalSaudi Arabia
THBThai Baht฿Thailand
IDRIndonesian RupiahRpIndonesia
MYRMalaysian RinggitRMMalaysia
PHPPhilippine PesoPhilippines
PLNPolish ZlotyPoland
TWDNew Taiwan DollarNT$Taiwan
ILSIsraeli ShekelIsrael
CZKCzech KorunaCzechia
HUFHungarian ForintFtHungary
VNDVietnamese DongVietnam
NGNNigerian NairaNigeria
ARSArgentine Peso$Argentina

What the codes are

ISO 4217 currency codes are the three-letter abbreviations used to identify currencies unambiguously — USD, EUR, JPY. The structure is deliberate: the first two letters are the country's ISO code (US, GB, JP) and the third is usually the first letter of the currency unit (D for dollar, P for pound, Y for yen), which is how you get USD, GBP and JPY. They exist because symbols are ambiguous — "$" alone could be US, Canadian, Australian or a dozen other dollars, and "¥" covers both the yen and the yuan — so banks, exchanges, airlines and APIs all use the unambiguous code instead. You'll see them on exchange-rate tables, in payment systems and anywhere money crosses borders. For the symbols themselves rather than the codes, see currency symbols, and to convert between currencies use the currency converter.

FAQ

What is the currency code for the British Pound?
GBP — Great Britain Pound. The Euro is EUR, the US Dollar USD, and the Japanese Yen JPY. These are the ISO 4217 standard three-letter codes.
Why use a code instead of the currency symbol?
Because symbols are ambiguous: "$" is used by the US, Canada, Australia and many others, and "¥" by both Japan and China. The three-letter ISO code identifies exactly one currency, which is why finance and software use it.

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