diff --git a/src/validate/formatter/Currency.js b/src/validate/formatter/Currency.js
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+/**
+ * Currency formatter
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of liza.
+ *
+ *  liza is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+var Trait              = require( 'easejs' ).Trait,
+    ValidatorFormatter = require( '../ValidatorFormatter' );
+
+
+/**
+ * Formats amount as currency
+ *
+ * This does not guarantee that the value is a number; this should be
+ * mixed in atop of a formatter that does guarantee such.
+ */
+module.exports = Trait( 'Currency' )
+    .implement( ValidatorFormatter )
+    .extend(
+{
+    /**
+     * Parse item as currency
+     *
+     * @param {string} data data to parse
+     *
+     * @return {string} data formatted for storage
+     */
+    'virtual abstract override public parse': function( data )
+    {
+        return this.__super( data ).replace( /^\$*/g, '' );
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Format amount as a currency
+     *
+     * @param {string} data data to format for display
+     *
+     * @return {string} data formatted for display
+     */
+    'virtual abstract override public retrieve': function( data )
+    {
+        return this.styleCurrency( this.__super( data ) );
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Style amount with currency symbol
+     *
+     * @param {string} amount amount to style
+     *
+     * @return {string} formatted number
+     */
+    'virtual protected styleCurrency': function( amount )
+    {
+        return ( ''+amount === '' )
+            ? amount
+            : '$' + amount;
+    },
+} );
diff --git a/test/validate/formatter/CurrencyTest.js b/test/validate/formatter/CurrencyTest.js
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+/**
+ * Currency formatter test
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016 LoVullo Associates, Inc.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of liza.
+ *
+ *  liza is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+var liza          = require( '../../../' ),
+    Sut           = liza.validate.formatter.Currency,
+    EchoFormatter = liza.validate.formatter.EchoFormatter,
+    common        = require( './common' );
+
+
+describe( 'validate.formatter.Currency', function()
+{
+    common.testValidate( EchoFormatter.use( Sut )(), {
+        // should format anything given to it, with or without prefix
+        "1":            [ "1",     "$1"     ],
+        "foo":          [ "foo",   "$foo"   ],
+        "+":            [ "+",     "$+"     ],
+        "$foo":         [ "foo",   "$foo"   ],
+
+        // empty shouldn't format as anything
+        "":             [ "",      ""       ],
+        "$":            [ "",      ""       ],
+        "$$":           [ "",      ""       ],
+
+        // make sure these aren't considered to be empty
+        "0":            [ "0",      "$0"    ],
+        "$0":           [ "0",      "$0"    ],
+
+        // be lax on input
+        "$$foo":        [ "foo",   "$foo"   ],
+        "$$$$$$$12.34": [ "12.34", "$12.34" ],
+    } );
+
+
+    common.testMixin(
+        EchoFormatter,
+        Sut,
+        'foo',
+        '123',
+        'foo123',
+        '$foo123'
+    );
+} );