diff --git a/site/views/helpers/format.php b/site/views/helpers/format.php
index 226d9bc..4c84ce3 100644
--- a/site/views/helpers/format.php
+++ b/site/views/helpers/format.php
@@ -24,9 +24,18 @@ class FormatHelper extends AppHelper {
       return '-';
       //return null;
 
-    $currency = self::$number->currency($amount,
-					isset($dollar_sign) ? $dollar_sign : 'USD',
-					$spans ? array('before'=>'', 'after'=>'') : array());
+    // Use of the $number->currency() function results in the clever,
+    // but problematic, use of cents for amounts less than $1.  For
+    // example, 50 cents is shown as '50c', not '$0.50'.  We want to
+    // keep everything in terms of dollars, especially for the cases
+    // where this result is placed into a form for input.  50 cents
+    // will end up as 50 dollars upon submission :-(
+    $currency = self::$number->format
+      ($amount,
+       array('places' => 2,
+	     'before' => $spans ? '' : (isset($dollar_sign) ? $dollar_sign : '$'),
+	     'after'  => $spans ? '' : null,
+	     ));
 
     if ($spans)
       return ('<SPAN CLASS="dollar-sign">$</SPAN>' .