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update README with customising currency symbol example
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Expand Up @@ -455,6 +455,12 @@ m = Money.from_cents('123', :gbp) # => #<Money fractional:123 currency:GBP>
m.format(symbol: m.currency.to_s + ' ') # => "GBP 1.23"
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If you would like to customise currency symbols (e.g to avoid ambiguous between currencies), you can set custom symbol for specific currency as following
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Minor English fixes and shortening suggestion:

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If you would like to customise currency symbols (e.g to avoid ambiguous between currencies), you can set custom symbol for specific currency as following
If you would like to customize currency symbols to avoid ambiguity between currencies, you can:


```ruby
Money::Currency.table[hkd][:symbol] = 'HK$'
```

## Rounding

By default, `Money` objects are rounded to the nearest cent and the additional precision is not preserved:
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