ISO 4217 alpha codes are used on airline tickets and international train tickets to remove any ambiguity about the price. In many countries, the ISO 4217 alpha codes for the more common currencies are so well known publicly that exchange rates published in newspapers or posted in banks use only these to delineate the currencies, instead of translated currency names or ambiguous currency symbols. The ISO 4217 code list is used in banking and business globally. The tables, history and ongoing discussion are maintained by SIX Group on behalf of ISO and the Swiss Association for Standardization. The first edition of ISO 4217 was published in 1978. Table A.3 – List of codes for historic denominations of currencies & funds.Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list.

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units. An airline ticket showing the price with ISO 4217 code ' EUR' ( bottom left) and not with euro currency sign ' €'

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