good solution, WorldCom and Enron took advantage of it!
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 11:57 PM
Subject: [USMA:22050] $ before number


>                         2002 September 3
> The dollar sign $ is before the number to prevent fraud, 
> that is, to prevent insertion of an additional digit to 
> increase the value of a check or other financial document. 
> There is no space after the $.
>                         Robert Bushnell
> 

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