diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormat.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormat.java
index 25f3d4d93..de27253a5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormat.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormat.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import static com.google.common.math.LongMath.checkedPow;
 import static com.google.common.math.LongMath.divide;
 
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -275,6 +276,18 @@ public final class CoinFormat {
                     shift, roundingMode, codes, codeSeparator, false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configure this instance with values from a {@link Locale}.
+     */
+    public CoinFormat withLocale(Locale locale) {
+        DecimalFormatSymbols dfs = new DecimalFormatSymbols(locale);
+        char negativeSign = dfs.getMinusSign();
+        char zeroDigit = dfs.getZeroDigit();
+        char decimalMark = dfs.getMonetaryDecimalSeparator();
+        return new CoinFormat(negativeSign, positiveSign, zeroDigit, decimalMark, minDecimals, decimalGroups, shift,
+                roundingMode, codes, codeSeparator, codePrefixed);
+    }
+
     public CoinFormat() {
         // defaults
         this.negativeSign = '-';
@@ -419,7 +432,7 @@ public final class CoinFormat {
         for (char c : satoshis.toCharArray())
             if (!Character.isDigit(c))
                 throw new NumberFormatException("illegal character: " + c);
-        long value = Long.parseLong(satoshis);
+        long value = Long.parseLong(satoshis); // non-arabic digits allowed here
         if (first == negativeSign)
             value = -value;
         return value;
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormatTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormatTest.java
index a82bc04cb..fd957014a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormatTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/google/bitcoin/utils/CoinFormatTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import static com.google.bitcoin.core.Coin.SATOSHI;
 import static com.google.bitcoin.core.Coin.ZERO;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.google.bitcoin.core.Coin;
@@ -234,6 +236,14 @@ public class CoinFormatTest {
         CoinFormat.UBTC.shift(1).format(Coin.ZERO);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void withLocale() throws Exception {
+        final Coin value = Coin.valueOf(-1234567890l);
+        assertEquals("-12.34567890", NO_CODE.withLocale(Locale.US).format(value).toString());
+        assertEquals("-12,34567890", NO_CODE.withLocale(Locale.GERMANY).format(value).toString());
+        assertEquals("-१२.३४५६७८९०", NO_CODE.withLocale(new Locale("hi", "IN")).format(value).toString()); // Devanagari
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void parse() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(Coin.COIN, NO_CODE.parse("1"));
@@ -260,6 +270,8 @@ public class CoinFormatTest {
         assertEquals(Coin.MICROCOIN, CoinFormat.UBTC.positiveSign('+').parse("+1.0"));
         assertEquals(Coin.MICROCOIN.negate(), CoinFormat.UBTC.parse("-1"));
         assertEquals(Coin.MICROCOIN.negate(), CoinFormat.UBTC.parse("-1.0"));
+
+        assertEquals(Coin.CENT, NO_CODE.withLocale(new Locale("hi", "IN")).parse(".०१")); // Devanagari
     }
 
     @Test(expected = NumberFormatException.class)