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ISO 4217 is a standardarrow-up-right published by the International Organization for Standardizationarrow-up-right (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currenciesarrow-up-right and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. This data is published in three tables:[1]arrow-up-right

The first edition of ISO 4217 was published in 1978. The tables, history and ongoing discussion are maintained by SIX Grouparrow-up-right on behalf of ISOarrow-up-right and the Swiss Association for Standardizationarrow-up-right.[2]arrow-up-right

The ISO 4217 code list is used in bankingarrow-up-right and businessarrow-up-right globally. In many countries, the ISO 4217 alpha codes for the more common currencies are so well known publicly that exchange ratesarrow-up-right published in newspapers or posted in banksarrow-up-right use only these to delineate the currencies, instead of translated currency names or ambiguous currency symbolsarrow-up-right. ISO 4217 alpha codes are used on airline ticketsarrow-up-right and international train tickets to remove any ambiguity about the price.

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