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# Create a new currency



## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json post /api/currencies
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Bigcapital
  description: Financial accounting software
  version: '1.0'
  contact: {}
servers: []
security: []
tags: []
paths:
  /api/currencies:
    post:
      tags:
        - Currencies
      summary: Create a new currency
      operationId: CurrenciesController_create
      parameters:
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: >-
            Value must be 'Bearer <token>' where <token> is an API key prefixed
            with 'bc_' or a JWT token.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            example: Bearer bc_1234567890abcdef
        - name: organization-id
          in: header
          description: >-
            Required if Authorization is a JWT token. The organization ID to
            operate within.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateCurrencyDto'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The currency has been successfully created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrencyResponseDto'
        '400':
          description: Invalid input data.
components:
  schemas:
    CreateCurrencyDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        currencyName:
          type: string
          example: USD
          description: The currency name
        currencyCode:
          type: string
          description: The currency code
          example: USD
        currencySign:
          type: string
          example: $
          description: The currency sign
      required:
        - currencyName
        - currencyCode
        - currencySign
    CurrencyResponseDto:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: number
          description: The unique identifier of the currency
          example: 1
        currencyName:
          type: string
          description: The name of the currency
          example: US Dollar
        currencyCode:
          type: string
          description: The code of the currency
          example: USD
        currencySign:
          type: string
          description: The sign/symbol of the currency
          example: $
        isBaseCurrency:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this is the base currency for the organization
          example: true
        createdAt:
          format: date-time
          type: string
          description: The creation timestamp
          example: '2024-03-20T10:00:00Z'
        updatedAt:
          format: date-time
          type: string
          description: The last update timestamp
          example: '2024-03-20T10:00:00Z'
      required:
        - id
        - currencyName
        - currencyCode
        - currencySign
        - isBaseCurrency
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt

````