diff --git a/zio-schema/js/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala b/zio-schema/js/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
index f5cce667f..4f6f60940 100644
--- a/zio-schema/js/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
+++ b/zio-schema/js/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
@@ -166,9 +166,10 @@ object StandardType {
   }
 
   implicit object CurrencyType extends StandardType[java.util.Currency] {
-    override def tag: String                                                = Tags.CURRENCY
-    override def defaultValue: Either[String, java.util.Currency]           = Left("Currency generation not available in ScalaJS")
-    override def compare(x: java.util.Currency, y: java.util.Currency): Int = 0
+    override def tag: String                                      = Tags.CURRENCY
+    override def defaultValue: Either[String, java.util.Currency] = Left("Currency generation not available in ScalaJS")
+    override def compare(x: java.util.Currency, y: java.util.Currency): Int =
+      x.getCurrencyCode().compareTo(y.getCurrencyCode())
   }
 
   implicit object BigDecimalType extends StandardType[java.math.BigDecimal] {
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 8fd86f7e5..8d375b862 100644
--- a/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
+++ b/zio-schema/native/src/main/scala/zio/schema/StandardType.scala
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ object StandardType {
     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 = 0
+    override def compare(x: java.util.Currency, y: java.util.Currency): Int =
+      x.getCurrencyCode().compareTo(y.getCurrencyCode())
   }
 
   implicit object BigDecimalType extends StandardType[java.math.BigDecimal] {