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      floating-point literals, as well as <quote>typical</quote>
      currency formatting, such as <literal>'$1,000.00'</literal>.
      Output is generally in the latter form but depends on the locale.
+     Non-quoted numeric values can be converted to <type>money</type> by
+     casting the numeric value to <type>text</type> and then
+     <type>money</type>:
+ <programlisting>
+ SELECT 1234::text::money;
+ </programlisting>
+     There is no simple way of doing the reverse;  casting a <type>money</type> value to a
+     numeric type.
     </para>
  
     <para>