O que os símbolos das moedas significam?

ISO 4217 é a norma internacional que descreve três códigos de letras (também conhecido como o código de moeda) para definir os nomes das moedas pela International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Esta norma especifica a estrutura de um código de três letras do alfabeto e um três equivalente código numérico de dois dígitos para a representação das moedas e fundos.  Há duas colunas abaixo: um contém as moedas classificadas por zonas geográficas em que são utilizadas, e a outra contém as moedas ordenadas pelo seu código de três letras.

Elementos ISO 4217 monetário e fundos nome e código:

Entity	Currency	Alphabetic code	Numeric code
AFGHANISTAN	Afghani	AFN	971
ÅLAND ISLANDS	Euro	EUR	978
ALBANIA	Lek	ALL	008
ALGERIA	Algerian Dinar	DZD	012
AMERICAN SAMOA	US Dollar	USD	840
ANDORRA	Euro	EUR	978
ANGOLA	Kwanza	AOA	973
ANGUILLA	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
ANTARCTICA	No universal currency
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
ARGENTINA	Argentine Peso	ARS	032
ARMENIA	Armenian Dram	AMD	051
ARUBA	Aruban Guilder	AWG	533
AUSTRALIA	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
AUSTRIA	Euro	EUR	978
AZERBAIJAN	Azerbaijanian Manat	AZN	944
BAHAMAS	Bahamian Dollar	BSD	044
BAHRAIN	Bahraini Dinar	BHD	048
BANGLADESH	Taka	BDT	050
BARBADOS	Barbados Dollar	BBD	052
BELARUS	Belarussian Ruble	BYR	974
BELGIUM	Euro	EUR	978
BELIZE	Belize Dollar	BZD	084
BENIN	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
BERMUDA	Bermudian Dollar (customarily known as Bermuda Dollar)	BMD	060
BHUTAN	Indian Rupee Ngultrum	INR BTN	356 064
BOLIVIA	Boliviano Mvdol	BOB BOV	068 984
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	Convertible Marks	BAM	977
BOTSWANA	Pula	BWP	072
BOUVET ISLAND	Norwegian Krone	NOK	578
BRAZIL	Brazilian Real	BRL	986
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	US Dollar	USD	840
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	Brunei Dollar	BND	096
BULGARIA	Bulgarian Lev	BGN	975
BURKINA FASO	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
BURUNDI	Burundi Franc	BIF	108
CAMBODIA	Riel	KHR	116
CAMEROON	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
CANADA	Canadian Dollar	CAD	124
CAPE VERDE	Cape Verde Escudo	CVE	132
CAYMAN ISLANDS	Cayman Islands Dollar	KYD	136
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
CHAD	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
CHILE	Chilean Peso Unidades de fomento	CLP CLF	152 990
CHINA	Yuan Renminbi	CNY	156
CHRISTMAS ISLAND	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
COLOMBIA	Colombian Peso Unidad de Valor Real	COP COU	170 970
COMOROS	Comoro Franc	KMF	174
CONGO	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF	Congolese Franc	CDF	976
COOK ISLANDS	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	554
COSTA RICA	Costa Rican Colon	CRC	188
CÔTE D’IVOIRE	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
CROATIA	Croatian Kuna	HRK	191
CUBA	Cuban Peso Peso Convertible	CUP CUC	192 931
CYPRUS	Euro	EUR	978
CZECH REPUBLIC	Czech Koruna	CZK	203
DENMARK	Danish Krone	DKK	208
DJIBOUTI	Djibouti Franc	DJF	262
DOMINICA	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Dominican Peso	DOP	214
ECUADOR	US Dollar	USD	840
EGYPT	Egyptian Pound	EGP	818
EL SALVADOR	El Salvador Colon US Dollar	SVC USD	222 840
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
ERITREA	Nakfa	ERN	232
ESTONIA	Kroon	EEK	233
ETHIOPIA	Ethiopian Birr	ETB	230
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	Falkland Islands Pound	FKP	238
FAROE ISLANDS	Danish Krone	DKK	208
FIJI	Fiji Dollar	FJD	242
FINLAND	Euro	EUR	978
FRANCE	Euro	EUR	978
FRENCH GUIANA	Euro	EUR	978
FRENCH POLYNESIA	CFP Franc	XPF	953
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES	Euro	EUR	978
GABON	CFA Franc BEAC ‡	XAF	950
GAMBIA	Dalasi	GMD	270
GEORGIA	Lari	GEL	981
GERMANY	Euro	EUR	978
GHANA	Cedi	GHS	936
GIBRALTAR	Gibraltar Pound	GIP	292
GREECE	Euro	EUR	978
GREENLAND	Danish Krone	DKK	208
GRENADA	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
GUADELOUPE	Euro	EUR	978
GUAM	US Dollar	USD	840
GUATEMALA	Quetzal	GTQ	320
GUERNSEY	Pound Sterling	GBP	826
GUINEA	Guinea Franc	GNF	324
GUINEA-BISSAU	Guinea-Bissau Peso CFA Franc BCEAO †	GWP XOF	624 952
GUYANA	Guyana Dollar	GYD	328
HAITI	Gourde US Dollar	HTG USD	332 840
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	Euro	EUR	978
HONDURAS	Lempira	HNL	340
HONG KONG	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD	344
HUNGARY	Forint	HUF	348
ICELAND	Iceland Krona	ISK	352
INDIA	Indian Rupee	INR	356
INDONESIA	Rupiah	IDR	360
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	Iranian Rial	IRR	364
IRAQ	Iraqi Dinar	IQD	368
IRELAND	Euro	EUR	978
ISRAEL	New Israeli Sheqel	ILS	376
ITALY	Euro	EUR	978
JAMAICA	Jamaican Dollar	JMD	388
JAPAN	Yen	JPY	392
JERSEY	Pound Sterling	GBP	826
JORDAN	Jordanian Dinar	JOD	400
KAZAKHSTAN	Tenge	KZT	398
KENYA	Kenyan Shilling	KES	404
KIRIBATI	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF	North Korean Won	KPW	408
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF	Won	KRW	410
KUWAIT	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD	414
KYRGYZSTAN	Som	KGS	417
LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	Kip	LAK	418
LATVIA	Latvian Lats	LVL	428
LEBANON	Lebanese Pound	LBP	422
LESOTHO	Rand Loti	ZAR LSL	710 426
LIBERIA	Liberian Dollar	LRD	430
LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	Libyan Dinar	LYD	434
LIECHTENSTEIN	Swiss Franc	CHF	756
LITHUANIA	Lithuanian Litas	LTL	440
LUXEMBOURG	Euro	EUR	978
MACAO	Pataca	MOP	446
MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	Denar	MKD	807
MADAGASCAR	Malagasy Ariary	MGA	969
MALAWI	Kwacha	MWK	454
MALAYSIA	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR	458
MALDIVES	Rufiyaa	MVR	462
MALI	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
MALTA	Euro	EUR	978
MARSHALL ISLANDS	US Dollar	USD	840
MARTINIQUE	Euro	EUR	978
MAURITANIA	Ouguiya	MRO	478
MAURITIUS	Mauritius Rupee	MUR	480
MAYOTTE	Euro	EUR	978
MEXICO	Mexican Peso Mexican Unidad de Inversion (UDI)	MXN MXV	484 979
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF	US Dollar	USD	840
MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF	Moldovan Leu	MDL	498
MONACO	Euro	EUR	978
MONGOLIA	Tugrik	MNT	496
MONTENEGRO	Euro	EUR	978
MONTSERRAT	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
MOROCCO	Moroccan Dirham	MAD	504
MOZAMBIQUE	Metical	MZN	943
MYANMAR	Kyat	MMK	104
NAMIBIA	Rand Namibia Dollar	ZAR NAD	710 516
NAURU	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
NEPAL	Nepalese Rupee	NPR	524
NETHERLANDS	Euro	EUR	978
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	Netherlands Antillian Guilder	ANG	532
NEW CALEDONIA	CFP Franc	XPF	953
NEW ZEALAND	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	554
NICARAGUA	Cordoba Oro	NIO	558
NIGER	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
NIGERIA	Naira	NGN	566
NIUE	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	554
NORFOLK ISLAND	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	US Dollar	USD	840
NORWAY	Norwegian Krone	NOK	578
OMAN	Rial Omani	OMR	512
PAKISTAN	Pakistan Rupee	PKR	586
PALAU	US Dollar	USD	840
PANAMA	Balboa US Dollar	PAB USD	590 840
PAPUA NEW GUINEA	Kina	PGK	598
PARAGUAY	Guarani	PYG	600
PERU	Nuevo Sol	PEN	604
PHILIPPINES	Philippine Peso	PHP	608
PITCAIRN	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	554
POLAND	Zloty	PLN	985
PORTUGAL	Euro	EUR	978
PUERTO RICO	US Dollar	USD	840
QATAR	Qatari Rial	QAR	634
RÉUNION	Euro	EUR	978
ROMANIA	New Leu	RON	946
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	Russian Ruble	RUB	643
RWANDA	Rwanda Franc	RWF	646
SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY	Euro	EUR	978
SAINT HELENA	Saint Helena Pound	SHP	654
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
SAINT LUCIA	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
SAINT MARTIN	Euro	EUR	978
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON	Euro	EUR	978
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	East Caribbean Dollar	XCD	951
SAMOA	Tala	WST	882
SAN MARINO	Euro	EUR	978
SÃO TOME AND PRINCIPE	Dobra	STD	678
SAUDI ARABIA	Saudi Riyal	SAR	682
SENEGAL	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
SERBIA	Serbian Dinar	RSD	941
SEYCHELLES	Seychelles Rupee	SCR	690
SIERRA LEONE	Leone	SLL	694
SINGAPORE	Singapore Dollar	SGD	702
SLOVAKIA	Euro	EUR	978
SLOVENIA	Euro	EUR	978
SOLOMON ISLANDS	Solomon Islands Dollar	SBD	090
SOMALIA	Somali Shilling	SOS	706
SOUTH AFRICA	Rand	ZAR	710
SPAIN	Euro	EUR	978
SRI LANKA	Sri Lanka Rupee	LKR	144
SUDAN	Sudanese Pound	SDG	938
SURINAME	Surinam Dollar	SRD	968
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN	Norwegian Krone	NOK	578
SWAZILAND	Lilangeni	SZL	748
SWEDEN	Swedish Krona	SEK	752
SWITZERLAND	Swiss Franc WIR Franc WIR Euro	CHF CHW CHE	756 948 947
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	Syrian Pound	SYP	760
TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA	New Taiwan Dollar	TWD	901
TAJIKISTAN	Somoni	TJS	972
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF	Tanzanian Shilling	TZS	834
THAILAND	Baht	THB	764
TIMOR-LESTE	US Dollar	USD	840
TOGO	CFA Franc BCEAO †	XOF	952
TOKELAU	New Zealand Dollar	NZD	554
TONGA	Pa’anga	TOP	776
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	Trinidad and Tobago Dollar	TTD	780
TUNISIA	Tunisian Dinar	TND	788
TURKEY	Turkish Lira	TRY	949
TURKMENISTAN	Manat	TMT	934
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	US Dollar	USD	840
TUVALU	Australian Dollar	AUD	036
UGANDA	Uganda Shilling	UGX	800
UKRAINE	Hryvnia	UAH	980
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	UAE Dirham	AED	784
UNITED KINGDOM	Pound Sterling	GBP	826
UNITED STATES	US Dollar US Dollar (Same day) US Dollar (Next day)	USD USS USN	840 998 997
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	US Dollar	USD	840
URUGUAY	Peso Uruguayo Uruguay Peso en Unidades Indexadas	UYU UYI	858 940
UZBEKISTAN	Uzbekistan Sum	UZS	860
VANUATU	Vatu	VUV	548
VENEZUELA	Bolivar Fuerte	VEF	937
VIET NAM	Dong	VND	704
VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)	US Dollar	USD	840
VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)	US Dollar	USD	840
WALLIS AND FUTUNA	CFP Franc	XPF	953
WESTERN SAHARA	Moroccan Dirham	MAD	504
YEMEN	Yemeni Rial	YER	886
ZAMBIA	Zambian Kwacha	ZMK	894
ZIMBABWE	Zimbabwe Dollar	ZWL	932
	Gold	XAU	959
	Bond Markets Units European Composite Unit (EURCO)	XBA	955
	European Monetary Unit (E.M.U.-6)	XBB	956
	European Unit of Account 9(E.U.A.-9)	XBC	957
	European Unit of Account 17(E.U.A.-17)	XBD	958
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (I.M.F)	SDR	XDR	960
	Palladium	XPD	964
	Platinum	XPT	962
	Silver	XAG	961
	Special settlement currencies
	UIC-Franc	XFU	Nil
	Codes specifically reserved for testing purposes	XTS	963
	The codes assigned for transactions where no currency is involved are:	XXX	999