Currency Field?

Hi there,

Does LiveCycle Designer not have a currency field as a field type?  It has numeric and it has text, but no currency?  Do I really have to manually tell this expensive program how to accept currency values such as the oh so uncommon US dollar sign? 

I set my field type as "Numeric" and in "Validation Pattern" I listed the following for the "Validation" and "Edit" patterns:

zero{0}|num{zzzzzzzzzzzz9}|num{z,zzz,zzz,zz9}|num{zzzz9.zzz}|num{z,zzz ,zz9.zzz}|num{zzzz9.999}|num{z,zzz,zz9.999}|num{$z,zz9.99}

I listed the following for the "Display" pattern:

zero{0}|num{$z,zz9.99}|num{$zz,zz9.99}|num{$zzz,zz9.99}

When I test the field, it does not allow me to enter the dollar sign ($) in the field.  For example, if I enter "$123" into the field then exit the field the data then disappears. I can enter "123" and it converts it to $123.00 when I exit the field, which is what I want.  However, our users need to also be able to enter the US dollar sign and not have their data disappear if they do. 

Please help.

Thank you.