diff --git a/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinder.php b/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinder.php
index 7e176aef..50a07f96 100644
--- a/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinder.php
+++ b/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinder.php
@@ -113,9 +113,11 @@ class PHPExcel_Cell_AdvancedValueBinder extends PHPExcel_Cell_DefaultValueBinder
 
 			// Check for currency
 			$currencyCode = PHPExcel_Shared_String::getCurrencyCode();
-			if (preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($currencyCode).' *(\d{1,3}(\,\d{3})*|(\d+))(\.\d{2})?$/', $value)) {
+      $decimalSeparator = PHPExcel_Shared_String::getDecimalSeparator();
+      $thousandsSeparator = PHPExcel_Shared_String::getThousandsSeparator();
+			if (preg_match('/^'.preg_quote($currencyCode).' *(\d{1,3}('.preg_quote($thousandsSeparator).'\d{3})*|(\d+))('.preg_quote($decimalSeparator).'\d{2})?$/', $value)) {
 				// Convert value to number
-				$value = (float) trim(str_replace(array($currencyCode,','), '', $value));
+				$value = (float) trim(str_replace(array($currencyCode, $thousandsSeparator, $decimalSeparator), array('', '', '.'), $value));
 				$cell->setValueExplicit( $value, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_NUMERIC);
 				// Set style
 				$cell->getParent()->getStyle( $cell->getCoordinate() )
diff --git a/unitTests/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinderTest.php b/unitTests/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a76a2b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unitTests/Classes/PHPExcel/Cell/AdvancedValueBinderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+class AdvancedValueBinderTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        if (!defined('PHPEXCEL_ROOT')) {
+            define('PHPEXCEL_ROOT', APPLICATION_PATH . '/');
+        }
+        require_once(PHPEXCEL_ROOT . 'PHPExcel/Autoloader.php');
+    }
+
+    public function provider()
+    {
+        if (!class_exists('PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat')) {
+          $this->setUp();
+        }
+        $currencyUSD = PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_CURRENCY_USD_SIMPLE;
+        $currencyEURO = str_replace('$', '€', PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_CURRENCY_USD_SIMPLE);
+
+        return array(
+          array('10%', 0.1, PHPExcel_Style_NumberFormat::FORMAT_PERCENTAGE_00, ',', '.', '$'),
+          array('$10.11', 10.11, $currencyUSD, ',', '.', '$'),
+          array('$1,010.12', 1010.12, $currencyUSD, ',', '.', '$'),
+          array('$20,20', 20.2, $currencyUSD, '.', ',', '$'),
+          array('$2.020,20', 2020.2, $currencyUSD, '.', ',', '$'),
+          array('€2.020,20', 2020.2, $currencyEURO, '.', ',', '€'),
+          array('€ 2.020,20', 2020.2, $currencyEURO, '.', ',', '€'),
+          array('€2,020.22', 2020.22, $currencyEURO, ',', '.', '€'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provider
+     */
+    public function testCurrency($value, $valueBinded, $format, $thousandsSeparator, $decimalSeparator, $currencyCode)
+    {
+        $sheet = $this->getMock('PHPExcel_Worksheet', array('getStyle', 'getNumberFormat', 'setFormatCode'));
+
+        $sheet->expects($this->once())
+                 ->method('getStyle')
+                 ->will($this->returnSelf());
+        $sheet->expects($this->once())
+                 ->method('getNumberFormat')
+                 ->will($this->returnSelf());
+        $sheet->expects($this->once())
+                 ->method('setFormatCode')
+                 ->with($format)
+                 ->will($this->returnSelf());
+
+        PHPExcel_Shared_String::setCurrencyCode($currencyCode);
+        PHPExcel_Shared_String::setDecimalSeparator($decimalSeparator);
+        PHPExcel_Shared_String::setThousandsSeparator($thousandsSeparator);
+
+        $cell = new PHPExcel_Cell('A', 1, null, PHPExcel_Cell_DataType::TYPE_STRING, $sheet);
+
+        $binder = new PHPExcel_Cell_AdvancedValueBinder();
+        $binder->bindValue($cell, $value);
+        $this->assertEquals($valueBinded, $cell->getValue());
+    }
+}
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