2.2.24 CURRENCY

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The CURRENCY type specifies currency information. It is represented as an 8-byte integer, scaled by 10,000, to give a fixed-point number with 15 digits to the left of the decimal point, and four digits to the right. This representation provides a range of 922337203685477.5807 to –922337203685477.5808. For example, $5.25 is stored as the value 52500. 

 typedef struct tagCY {
   __int64 int64;
 } CURRENCY;