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World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) Flashcards

The ISO 4217 three-letter code and currency name for the world's most-traded currencies, with the dollars, pesos and kronor that share a name kept apart.

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United States
USD — the US dollar; ISO 4217 also lists it for Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Timor-Leste and others
The euro area
EUR — the euro; ISO 4217 also lists it for Andorra, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and the Holy See
Japan
JPY — the yen (ISO 4217 name: “Yen”)
United Kingdom
GBP — pound sterling; ISO 4217 also lists it for Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man
Switzerland
CHF — the Swiss franc; also the currency of Liechtenstein
Canada
CAD — the Canadian dollar
Australia
AUD — the Australian dollar; ISO 4217 also lists it for Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu
New Zealand
NZD — the New Zealand dollar; ISO 4217 also lists it for the Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn and Tokelau
China
CNY — the yuan renminbi
Hong Kong
HKD — the Hong Kong dollar
Singapore
SGD — the Singapore dollar
Taiwan
TWD — the New Taiwan dollar; ISO 4217 lists the entity as “Taiwan (Province of China)”
South Korea
KRW — the won (ISO 4217 name: “Won”), of the Republic of Korea
India
INR — the Indian rupee; ISO 4217 also lists it for Bhutan
Indonesia
IDR — the rupiah
Malaysia
MYR — the Malaysian ringgit
Thailand
THB — the baht
Philippines
PHP — the Philippine peso
Brazil
BRL — the Brazilian real
Mexico
MXN — the Mexican peso
Argentina
ARS — the Argentine peso
Chile
CLP — the Chilean peso
Colombia
COP — the Colombian peso
Peru
PEN — the sol (ISO 4217 name: “Sol”)
South Africa
ZAR — the rand; ISO 4217 also lists it for Lesotho and Namibia
Russia
RUB — the Russian ruble (the BIS spells it rouble)
Türkiye (Turkey)
TRY — the Turkish lira
Israel
ILS — the new Israeli sheqel, usually written shekel in English
Saudi Arabia
SAR — the Saudi riyal
United Arab Emirates
AED — the UAE dirham

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How many cards are in the World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) flashcard deck?
The World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) deck on PuzzlePage has 44 cards. The first 30 are free to play and free to download with no account; the remaining 14 unlock for $2.99 as a one-time payment, or with the $11.99-a-month Study Pack, which covers every deck on the site. 44 cards. ISO 4217 List One holds about 180 current currencies, most of which no course and no traveller ever meets, so the deck uses a published closed set rather than an arbitrary top-40: every currency named in the Bank for International Settlements Triennial Central Bank Survey 2022 abbreviations table, plus every currency for which the European Central Bank publishes a daily euro reference rate. That union is 39 currencies. The other five cards are the three shared-name traps (dollar, peso, krona/krone/koruna), the IMF's XDR, and the one code in the set that has recently changed.
What is on the world currency codes (iso 4217) flashcards?
The ISO 4217 three-letter code and currency name for the world's most-traded currencies, with the dollars, pesos and kronor that share a name kept apart. Cards look like this: United States → USD — the US dollar; ISO 4217 also lists it for Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Timor-Leste and others; The euro area → EUR — the euro; ISO 4217 also lists it for Andorra, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and the Holy See. The deck is written for grades 8–12 and filed under social studies.
Can I study world currency codes (iso 4217) flashcards online for free?
Yes. The first 30 cards of the World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) deck play free in any web browser at puzzlepage.app, with no account, no app and no card details. It works on a phone, tablet, Chromebook, laptop or classroom projector. Practice mode flips through the cards with nothing scored; quiz mode makes you answer each card before it flips, times the run and scores it.
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Yes. The World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) cards are available as a printable double-sided PDF to cut up, as well as playable in the browser. The first 30 cards are free to download; the full 44-card printable is included in the $11.99-a-month Study Pack.
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Start in practice mode and go through the World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) deck once without scoring, to find out which cards you already know — the deck is dealt in a different order every time you open it, so you are recalling the card rather than its position. Then switch to quiz mode, which times and scores the run and lets you re-run only the cards you missed. Use the "flip deck" control to swap which side is the question: recognising an answer is much easier than producing one, so a deck you find easy one way round is usually the harder and more useful drill the other way. Two or three short sessions across a week beat one long one, which is the whole reason flashcards work.
What grade level are the world currency codes (iso 4217) flashcards for?
The World Currency Codes (ISO 4217) deck is written for grades 8–12. Because the cards are plain term-and-answer pairs, they are also used outside that band — by adults revising social studies, and by teachers running them as a whole-class starter on a projector.

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