Printing Euro cheques
Alessio Bragadini
alessio@sevenseas.org
Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:52:10 +0300
Some months ago there was discussions about cheque printing - some of us
European users pointed out that the coming of the Euro (as of 1/1/2002) would
have probably changed things.
I've recently received a leaflet from my Italian bank with official rules to
write a correct "euro-cheque". It's quite a surprise because they are
different from traditional Italian behaviour in the matter, I am not sure if
it's an European directive or a local one but I suspect the former.
I translate from Italian (capitals are mine):
"In Euro cheques you MUST always show two decimal digits (even if they equal
zero), separated by a comma(*) for the amount in digits and by a slash for
the amount in letters"
(*) in Italy, decimals are after a comma, not a point, but in the specimen
sent me the comma is printed directly on the cheque.
This is how the cheque should look for an amounts of 37.00 or 37.28 euros,
thirty-seven being "trentasette" in Italian.
TOP RIGHT -> euro 37 , 00
MAIN ROW -> Trentasette / 00
TOP RIGHT -> euro 37 , 28
MAIN ROW -> Trentasette / 28
You don't have to write "and 28 (or twenty-eight) cents", then.
Hope it helps.
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Alessio F. Bragadini alessio@sevenseas.org