diff --git a/zio-schema-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/JsonCodec.scala b/zio-schema-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/JsonCodec.scala
index f5cb999fc..5c28e7a2c 100644
--- a/zio-schema-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/JsonCodec.scala
+++ b/zio-schema-json/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/JsonCodec.scala
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ object JsonCodec {
           cases.map(case_ => case_.id -> case_.schema.asInstanceOf[Schema.CaseClass0[Z]].defaultConstruct()).toMap
         ZJsonDecoder.string.mapOrFail(
           s =>
-            caseMap.get(caseNameAliases.get(s).getOrElse(s)) match {
+            caseMap.get(caseNameAliases.getOrElse(s, s)) match {
               case Some(z) => Right(z)
               case None    => Left("unrecognized string")
             }
diff --git a/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackDecoder.scala b/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackDecoder.scala
index 76ee5a696..cad77533f 100644
--- a/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackDecoder.scala
+++ b/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/main/scala/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackDecoder.scala
@@ -279,8 +279,17 @@ private[codec] class MessagePackDecoder(bytes: Chunk[Byte]) {
         decodeString(path).map(OffsetDateTime.parse(_))
       case StandardType.ZonedDateTimeType =>
         decodeString(path).map(ZonedDateTime.parse(_))
-      case StandardType.CurrencyType => decodeString(path).map(java.util.Currency.getInstance(_))
-      case _                         => fail(path, s"Unsupported primitive type $standardType")
+      case StandardType.CurrencyType =>
+        decodeString(path).flatMap { rawCurrencyCode =>
+          try {
+            Right {
+              java.util.Currency.getInstance(rawCurrencyCode)
+            }
+          } catch {
+            case NonFatal(err) => fail(path, s"Invalid currency code: ${err.getMessage}")
+          }
+        }
+      case _ => fail(path, s"Unsupported primitive type $standardType")
     }
 
   private def decodeOptional[A](path: Path, schema: Schema.Optional[A]): Result[Option[A]] =
diff --git a/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/test/scala-2/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackCodecSpec.scala b/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/test/scala-2/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackCodecSpec.scala
index b2c96bda7..b7dd45c33 100644
--- a/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/test/scala-2/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackCodecSpec.scala
+++ b/zio-schema-msg-pack/src/test/scala-2/zio/schema/codec/MessagePackCodecSpec.scala
@@ -6,15 +6,14 @@ import scala.collection.immutable.ListMap
 import scala.util.Try
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.DefaultScalaModule
-import org.msgpack.core.{MessagePack, MessagePacker}
+import org.msgpack.core.{ MessagePack, MessagePacker }
 import org.msgpack.jackson.dataformat.MessagePackFactory
 import zio.schema.CaseSet.caseOf
-import zio.schema.Patch.Currency
 import zio.schema._
-import zio.stream.{ZSink, ZStream}
+import zio.stream.{ ZSink, ZStream }
 import zio.test.Assertion._
 import zio.test._
-import zio.{Chunk, Console, Scope, Task, ZIO}
+import zio.{ Chunk, Console, Scope, Task, ZIO }
 
 object MessagePackCodecSpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
 
diff --git a/zio-schema/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala b/zio-schema/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
index 3a0f2c4ba..0f052fead 100644
--- a/zio-schema/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
+++ b/zio-schema/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
@@ -166,12 +166,9 @@ object StandardType {
   }
 
   implicit object CurrencyType extends StandardType[java.util.Currency] {
-
     override def tag: String = Tags.CURRENCY
-
     override def defaultValue: Either[String, java.util.Currency] =
       Right(java.util.Currency.getInstance(java.util.Locale.getDefault))
-
     override def compare(x: java.util.Currency, y: java.util.Currency): Int =
       x.getCurrencyCode.compareTo(y.getCurrencyCode)
   }
diff --git a/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala b/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
index f3b844230..d1d56d9d8 100644
--- a/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
+++ b/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ object StandardType {
 
     override def tag: String = Tags.CURRENCY
 
-    override def defaultValue: Either[String, java.util.Currency] = Left("Currency generation not available in Scala Native")
+    override def defaultValue: Either[String, java.util.Currency] =
+      Left("Currency generation not available in Scala Native")
 
     override def compare(x: java.util.Currency, y: java.util.Currency): Int =
       x.getCurrencyCode.compareTo(y.getCurrencyCode)
diff --git a/zio-schema/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/DynamicValue.scala b/zio-schema/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/DynamicValue.scala
index f06358f0f..6d34df523 100644
--- a/zio-schema/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/DynamicValue.scala
+++ b/zio-schema/shared/src/main/scala/zio/schema/DynamicValue.scala
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ object DynamicValue {
         .:+:(primitiveOffsetDateTimeCase)
         .:+:(primitiveZonedDateTimeCase)
         .:+:(primitiveUUIDCase)
+        .:+:(primitiveCurrencyCase)
         .:+:(singletonCase)
     )
 
@@ -922,4 +923,16 @@ object DynamicValue {
       }
     )
 
+  private val primitiveCurrencyCase: Schema.Case[DynamicValue, DynamicValue.Primitive[java.util.Currency]] =
+    Schema.Case(
+      "Currency",
+      Schema.primitive[java.util.Currency].transform(currency => DynamicValue.Primitive(currency, StandardType[java.util.Currency]), _.value), {
+        case dv @ DynamicValue.Primitive(_: java.util.Currency, _) => dv.asInstanceOf[DynamicValue.Primitive[java.util.Currency]]
+        case _                                                     => throw new IllegalArgumentException
+      },
+      (dv: DynamicValue.Primitive[java.util.Currency]) => dv.asInstanceOf[DynamicValue], {
+        case DynamicValue.Primitive(_: java.util.Currency, _) => true
+        case _                                                => false
+      }
+    )
 }