On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:33:43 -0000 (UTC)
Martin Gregorie  wrote:

> Financial systems never use floating point for accuracy reasons:
> consequently integers are used to hold currency amounts: sterling amounts
> are held as pence, euros and dollars as cents and the equivalent
> convention is used for all other currencies.

 I gather that micro-cents/pence are sometimes used when interest
calculations are involved and the fractions matter, I've used milli-pence.

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