Currency Codes

Background
The International Standards Organization (ISO) is the primary recognizable entity which issues standardized codes for world currencies. The ISO has issued both a 3 character (letter) code and a number code for all current and many obsolete world currencies. Currency lineage has changed around the world as countries and as countries’ currencies have changed over time. There are quite a few attributes associated with currencies that are used in various contexts by different organizations that are owned and published by specific organizations.

Currency information provided in CommonDataHub is a conglomeration of information from various sources to provide you with a consolidated view that is downloadable in easily readable and uploadable formats.

Note: Viewing/Filtering content is free for all datasets below.

CDH Currency Codes Datasets
The following are the various datasets available on CDH for currency codes of countries. Different views of the information have been made available for ease of use. Please note that some of the datasets require a paid subscription (indicated by the symbol), primarily due to the value-add of consolidating various sources, additional attributes, and incremental updates. All reasonable commercial attempt is made to keep the information up-to-date.
GC10 ISO 4217 Country-Currency Codes Countries and their currencies as specified by the ISO 4217 standard.
GCO8 ISO 4217 Distinct Currencies (Active) Distinct currency codes from the ISO 4217 standard.
GCO8S ISO 4217 Distinct Currencies (Active) - Subscription Distinct currency codes from the ISO 4217 standard - subscription version.
GCO9 ISO 4217 Distinct Currencies (including historic) Current and obsolete currencies of countries of the world as specified by the ISO 4217 standard, along with the ability to view the list of currencies as of a point in time. For example, you can see world currencies as of 1/1/1990.
Dataset Features and Price List
Feature GC10
FREE		 GC08
FREE		 GC08S
$100		 GC09
$100
ISO 4217 Currency Name: Official short name of the currency in English as defined by the ISO 4217 Standard. X X X X
ISO 4217 Currency Char 3 Code: Three-Character currency codes as defined by the ISO 4217 standard. X X X X
ISO 4217 Currency Number Code: Three-digit numeric Currency code as defined by the ISO 4217 Standard. X X X X
Replaced by Currency: Three-Character ISO Code which replaced the corresponding currency, provided by Wikipedia. Serves as an indication that the initial currency is now obsolete. X
Number Digits: Number of digits after the decimal point. X X X
Effective From Date (Currency): Currency implementation date (if other country currencies were used previously). Null implies currency has been in existence since the formation of its corresponding country. Sources are various. X X X
Effective To Date (Currency): Date/Year currency was replaced and became invalid. Sources are Various. X X
Comments: Comments/exceptions are noted here. Sources are various. X X X
Change Log: Log of all changes after the Portal release date. X X
ISO 4217 Currency Name (Uppercase): Official short name of the currency in English Upper Case as defined by ISO in their 4217 Standard. X X
ISO 4217 Currency Name and Char 3 Code: Official short name of the currency in English plus the standard Three-letter alpha currency code as defined by the ISO 4217 Standard. X
ISO 3166-1 Country Name: Official short name of the country in English as defined by the ISO 3166-1 standard. X
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 2 Code: Two-letter alpha country codes as per ISO 3166-1 standard. X
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 3 Code: Three-letter alpha country codes as per ISO 3166-1 standard. X
ISO 3166-1 Country Number Code: Three-digit numeric code assigned by ISO 3166-1. X
Automated Notification. X X
Free Email Support. X X X X
Free Telephone Support. X X
Attribute Sources
A list of all attributes of the datasets, along with relevant sources. The field Portal Release Date is the date this information was published on CommonDataHub.
Attribute Source Portal Release Date
ISO 4217 Currency Name ISO 4217 28-Feb-2008
ISO 4217 Currency Char 3 Code ISO 4217 & Wikipedia 28-Feb-2008
ISO 4217 Currency Number Code ISO 4217 28-Feb-2008
Replaced by Currency Wikipedia 28-Feb-2008
Number Digits Various 28-Feb-2008
Effective From Date (Currency) Various 28-Feb-2008
Effective To Date (Currency) Various 28-Feb-2008
Comments Various 28-Feb-2008
Change Log Various 28-Feb-2008
ISO 4217 Currency Name (Upper Case) ISO 4217 28-Feb-2008
ISO 4217 Currency Name and Char 3 Code ISO 4217 & Wikipedia 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Name ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 2 Code ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Char 3 Code ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
ISO 3166-1 Country Number Code ISO 3166-1 28-Feb-2008
Details of the sources used:

ISO 4217:
http://www.iso.org

Currency Lineage Sources:
http://www.wikipedia.com/
http://globalfinancialdata.com/

Acronyms
A listing of the acronyms and abbreviations used.

CDH: CommonDataHub
ISO: International Organization for Standardization
 
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