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RegionInfo.ISOCurrencySymbol Property

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Updated: January 2011

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 is a list of the ISO 4217 currency symbols returned by the ISOCurrencySymbol property.

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

Examples

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


using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      // Displays the property values of the RegionInfo for "US".
      RegionInfo myRI1 = new RegionInfo("en-US");
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   Name:                         {0}\n", myRI1.Name);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   DisplayName:                  {0}\n", myRI1.DisplayName);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   EnglishName:                  {0}\n", myRI1.EnglishName);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   IsMetric:                     {0}\n", myRI1.IsMetric);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   TwoLetterISORegionName:       {0}\n", myRI1.TwoLetterISORegionName);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   CurrencySymbol:               {0}\n", myRI1.CurrencySymbol);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("   ISOCurrencySymbol:            {0}\n", myRI1.ISOCurrencySymbol);
   }
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
   Name:                         US
   DisplayName:                  United States
   EnglishName:                  United States
   IsMetric:                     False
   TwoLetterISORegionName:       US
   CurrencySymbol:               $
   ISOCurrencySymbol:            USD
*/