About Currency Codes
Currency Codes is a short reference list of fifteen ISO currency codes with their English names, one per line. It opens at USD - US Dollar and runs down through the euro, the yuan, the yen and the pound to the Swedish krona. There is nothing to fill in: the list is on the page as soon as it loads, and no button has to be pressed.
The set covers the major currencies you are most likely to meet when reading a specification, a contract or a payment form, plus a handful of others. Because the entries are written as plain text into the page rather than looked up from a service, the list appears instantly and is identical on every visit, with no loading state and no chance of a failed request.
Treat it as a quick crib sheet rather than the ISO register itself. The standard carries roughly a hundred and eighty active codes and this page has fifteen of them, with no search or filter to help you find the rest. Codes also appear on their own: there are no symbols, no numeric identifiers and no note of which countries use each one, so the list is for reading and copying rather than for formatting amounts.
How to use Currency Codes
- 1 Open the page, where all fifteen codes are already listed.
- 2 Scan the list for the currency you need.
- 3 Copy the three-letter code into your document, form or code.
- 4 Use the code on its own if a field accepts one, since no symbols are supplied here.
Frequently asked questions
Why can I not find a currency I need?
Because the page carries fifteen entries rather than the full ISO register of roughly a hundred and eighty active codes. A currency outside that short list has no line of its own, and there is no search box or filter for looking one up.
Does it show currency symbols such as the euro or yen sign?
No. Each entry is a three-letter code, a hyphen and the English name. Symbols, three-digit numeric identifiers, minor-unit counts and country mappings are all missing, so the list cannot be used to format an amount for display.
Can I type a country name to find its currency?
No. The tool has no input fields at all, so it cannot accept a country, a symbol or a partial code and return a match. The same fifteen lines are shown on every visit.
Is the list kept up to date?
It is literal text written into the page rather than a fetched register, so it describes the currencies as they were typed. A currency that has since been redenominated or replaced will still be listed here in its older form.
Free, online, and private
Free to use
Currency Codes is completely free. There is no account to create, no login, and no hidden charge or usage limit.
Runs online in your browser
It is a free online tool that runs entirely in your browser. Nothing to download or install — open the page and start using it right away.
Your data stays private
All processing happens locally on your device. Your input is never uploaded, stored, or tracked, so it never leaves your browser.
How Currency Codes behaves in detail
These are the specifics of this implementation — the exact ranges, defaults and fixed settings you are working with.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Input fields | none - the tool declares an empty field list, so the page renders no form controls at all |
| Entries | 15 currency codes, written as literal text inside the implementation |
| Line format | code, a space, a hyphen, a space, then the currency name - for example USD - US Dollar |
| Ordering | the order of the source list, starting at USD and ending at SEK - it is not alphabetical by code or by country |
| Data source | a hard-coded string constant; nothing is fetched and no code-to-name lookup table is used |
Compiled from the implementation of this tool and checked against it by itoolnet.
What Currency Codes does not do
Knowing the edges of a tool saves more time than another list of its features. These are the cases where it will not do what you might expect.
- Only fifteen of the currencies in the ISO 4217 register appear. The set is the major trading currencies plus a handful of others, so a code such as PLN, VND or NGN simply has no line, and there is no search box, no filter and no way to extend the list from the page itself.
- Nothing can be looked up. The tool takes no input, so it cannot accept a country name, a currency symbol or a partial code and return a match - it reprints the same fifteen lines on every visit, which makes it a reference sheet rather than a resolver for any specific question.
- The entries are text only. No currency symbol, no three-digit numeric ISO code, no minor-unit count and no note of which countries use the currency are included, so the page cannot be used to format a money value or to work out which currency belongs to a given country.
Tested and documented by itoolnet, the team that builds and maintains this site.