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Money

Currency should use lower case. Write out currency as “British pounds”, or “American dollars”. Write out the smaller unit in full.

The euro is stronger than the pound
15 pence

Use the major currency unit before the amount. Do not use decimals unless using smaller units.

£15
$76.56

In a sequence of numbers, use the same number of decimal places, even if every number does not have a smaller unit. Do not use “0.xx million” for amounts less than 1 million, unless in a sequence of numbers.

£10.43 rising to £12.00
£3.5 million, £6.5 million and £0.9 million

Write out the smaller unit in full.