>>>>>If you go to a international design, the symbol may be placed after the value.
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>>>>May? Must. Actually, the dollar is the only currency I know of where the unit goes before the value. Saying $4 always sounded to me like saying kg5 instead of 5kg.
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>>>really? The pound sign, the euro sign, and the old guilder sign usually are all place before the number. I cannot think of a an example of the reverse.
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>>http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroteken
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>which indeed says it needs to be placed before the numbers.
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>Walter,

Walter,

my dutch is just enough to order a beer, hello and thank you but
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In andere talen en landen kunnen de gewoonten op dit gebied anders zijn. In Frankrijk bijvoorbeeld zet men het euroteken overwegend achter het bedrag
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Means it could be different in other countries (then the netherlands), Franc, for example, mostly behind the amount?

:)

Lutz