This does not seem right to me: Prelude Data.Number.Fixed> read "4.00" :: Fixed (EpsDiv10 (EpsDiv10 Eps1)) 4.00 Prelude Data.Number.Fixed> read "4.01" :: Fixed (EpsDiv10 (EpsDiv10 Eps1)) 4.00 Prelude Data.Number.Fixed> read "4.02" :: Fixed (EpsDiv10 (EpsDiv10 Eps1)) 4.03 Prelude Data.Number.Fixed> read "4.03" :: Fixed (EpsDiv10 (EpsDiv10 Eps1)) 4.04 Prelude Data.Number.Fixed> read "4.04" :: Fixed (EpsDiv10 (EpsDiv10 Eps1)) 4.05 Maybe I am misunderstanding the purpose of this library. I guess that "two digits" of precision means that it is accurate within +/- 0.01? I think that this library is meant for doing arbitrary-precision transcendental operations. But it would not be good as a model for something like currency. It's using ratios as an internal representation, and I'm not sure what ratios it's choosing, but I think I'd choose, say, 401/100 for the "4.01" representation. I guess it's picking a slightly smaller factor than that. The non-reversibility of read/show is somewhat disconcerting. I think I prefer the Decimal library for currency. Regards, Lyle