# AMAZON.Currency


Converts words that represent a currency into a standard ISO 4217 alphabetic currency code and a number. Amazon Lex V2 recognizes currencies but does not convert from one currency to another.

For more information, see [Currency codes - ISO 4217](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html) on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) website.

The currency represented is structured as follows: `{Unit} {Amount}`
+ \$1Unit\$1 refers to the specific currency unit (for example, USD).
+ \$1Amount\$1 denotes the monetary value, formatted to two decimal places (for example, 300.00).

Examples (all examples below are using the en-US locale; different locales may yield different results):
+ "3USD": USD 3.00
+ "USD300": USD 300.00
+ "3 dimes" : USD 0.30
+ "\$11.56": USD 1.56
+ "5c": USD 0.05
+ "1 dollar": USD 1.00
+ "five fifteen": USD 515.00
+ “five dollars fifteen cents”: USD 5.15
+ "5 usd and 1/2": USD 5.50