>If I set my currency symbol to £ and want to create a currency variable I still have to use the $ sign as lval = $200. And using NTOM gives me a dollar amount.
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>Thats a nuisance.

The '$' (dollar sign) in the '$200' represents a currency literal not a dollar value.

The NTOM() function converts a numeric value to a currency value. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no currency type attached to it.