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# 3.2. Monetary Type

> Deprecated: The `money` type is deprecated. Use `numeric` or `decimal` instead, in combination with the `to_char` function. The money type may become a locale-aware layer over the `numeric` type in a future release.

The `money` type stores U.S.-style currency with fixed decimal point representation. If Postgres is compiled with locale support then the `money` type uses locale-specific output formatting.

Input is accepted in a variety of formats, including integer and floating point literals, as well as "typical" currency formatting, such as `'$1,000.00'`. Output is in the latter form.

Table 3-3. Monetary Types

Type Name | Storage | Description | Range
--- | --- | --- | ---
money | 4 bytes | Fixed-precision | -21474836.48 to +21474836.47

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