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RegionInfo.ISOCurrencySymbol Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets the three-character ISO 4217 currency symbol associated with the country/region.

Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public virtual string ISOCurrencySymbol { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The three-character ISO 4217 currency symbol associated with the country/region.

Remarks

The following example lists some of the ISO 4217 currency symbols returned by the ISOCurrencySymbol property.

Country/region	Currency name	ISO 4217 currency symbol
Albania	Albanian Lek	ALL
Algeria	Algerian Dinar	DZD
Argentina	Argentine Peso	ARS
Armenia	Armenian Dram	AMD
Australia	Australian Dollar	AUD
Austria	Euro	EUR
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijanian Manat	AZN
Bahrain	Bahraini Dinar	BHD
Belarus	Belarussian Ruble	BYR
Belgium	Euro	EUR
Belize	Belize Dollar	BZD
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela	Venezuelan Bolivar	VEF
Bolivia	Boliviano	BOB
Brazil	Real	BRL
Brunei	Brunei Dollar	BND
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Lev	BGN
Canada	Canadian Dollar	CAD
Caribbean	US Dollar	USD
Chile	Chilean Peso	CLP
Colombia	Colombian Peso	COP
Costa Rica	Costa Rican Colon	CRC
Croatia	Croatian Kuna	HRK
Czech Republic	Czech Koruna	CZK
Denmark	Danish Krone	DKK
Dominican Republic	Dominican Peso	DOP
Ecuador	US Dollar	USD
Egypt	Egyptian Pound	EGP
El Salvador	U.S. Dollar	USD
Estonia	Estonian Kroon	EEK
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Birr	ETB
Faroe Islands	Danish Krone	DKK
Finland	Euro	EUR
France	Euro	EUR
Georgia	Lari	GEL
Germany	Euro	EUR
Greece	Euro	EUR
Guatemala	Guatemalan Quetzal	GTQ
Honduras	Honduran Lempira	HNL
Hong Kong SAR	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD
Hungary	Hungarian Forint	HUF
Iceland	Icelandic Krona	ISK
India	Indian Rupee	INR
Indonesia	Indonesian Rupiah	IDR
Iran	Iranian Rial	IRR
Iraq	Iraqi Dinar	IQD
Ireland	Euro	EUR
Islamic Republic of Pakistan	Pakistan Rupee	PKR
Israel	Israeli New Shekel	ILS
Italy	Euro	EUR
Jamaica	Jamaican Dollar	JMD
Japan	Japanese Yen	JPY
Jordan	Jordanian Dinar	JOD
Kazakhstan	Tenge	KZT
Kenya	Kenyan Shilling	KES
Korea	Korean Won	KRW
Kuwait	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD
Kyrgyzstan	som	KGS
Latvia	Latvian Lats	LVL
Lebanon	Lebanese Pound	LBP
Libya	Libyan Dinar	LYD
Liechtenstein	Swiss Franc	CHF
Lithuania	Lithuanian Litas	LTL
Luxembourg	Euro	EUR
Macao SAR	Macao Pataca	MOP
Macedonia (FYROM)	Macedonian Denar	MKD
Malaysia	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR
Maldives	Rufiyaa	MVR
Mexico	Mexican Peso	MXN
Mongolia	Tugrik	MNT
Morocco	Moroccan Dirham	MAD
Netherlands	Euro	EUR
New Zealand	New Zealand Dollar	NZD
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro	NIO
Norway	Norwegian Krone	NOK
Oman	Omani Rial	OMR
Panama	Panamanian Balboa	PAB
Paraguay	Paraguay Guarani	PYG
People's Republic of China	PRC Renminbi	CNY
Peru	Peruvian Nuevo Sol	PEN
Philippines	Philippine Peso	PHP
Poland	Polish Zloty	PLN
Portugal	Euro	EUR
Principality of Monaco	Euro	EUR
Puerto Rico	US Dollar	USD
Qatar	Qatari Rial	QAR
Romania	Romanian Leu	RON
Russia	Russian Ruble	RUB
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Riyal	SAR
Serbia	Serbian Dinar	RSD
Singapore	Singapore Dollar	SGD
Slovakia	Euro	EUR
Slovenia	Euro	EUR
South Africa	South African Rand	ZAR
Spain	Euro	EUR
Sweden	Swedish Krona	SEK
Switzerland	Swiss Franc	CHF
Syria	Syrian Pound	SYP
Taiwan	New Taiwan Dollar	TWD
Thailand	Thai Baht	THB
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad Dollar	TTD
Tunisia	Tunisian Dinar	TND
Turkey	Turkish Lira	TRY
Ukraine	Ukrainian Hryvnia	UAH
United Arab Emirates	UAE Dirham	AED
United Kingdom	UK Pound Sterling	GBP
United States	US Dollar	USD
Uruguay	Peso Uruguayo	UYU
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Som	UZS
Vietnam	Vietnamese Dong	VND
Yemen	Yemeni Rial	YER
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Dollar	ZWL

Examples

The following code example displays the properties of the RegionInfo class.

C++

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class SamplesRegionInfo  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
      RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo( "US" );
      Console.WriteLine( "   Name:                         {0}", myRI1.Name );
      Console.WriteLine( "   DisplayName:                  {0}", myRI1.DisplayName );
      Console.WriteLine( "   EnglishName:                  {0}", myRI1.EnglishName );
      Console.WriteLine( "   IsMetric:                     {0}", myRI1.IsMetric );
      Console.WriteLine( "   ThreeLetterISORegionName:     {0}", myRI1.ThreeLetterISORegionName );
      Console.WriteLine( "   ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: {0}", myRI1.ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName );
      Console.WriteLine( "   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName );
      Console.WriteLine( "   CurrencySymbol:               {0}", myRI1.CurrencySymbol );
      Console.WriteLine( "   ISOCurrencySymbol:            {0}", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol );

   }

}

/*
This code produces the following output.

   Name:                         US
   DisplayName:                  United States
   EnglishName:                  United States
   IsMetric:                     False
   ThreeLetterISORegionName:     USA
   ThreeLetterWindowsRegionName: USA
   TwoLetterISORegionName:       US
   CurrencySymbol:               $
   ISOCurrencySymbol:            USD

*/

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

RegionInfo Class

System.Globalization Namespace

CurrencySymbol

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