[jmccree]

From a quick google image search, it appears that at least some EU checks also follow the format of putting the currency symbol before the numerical amount. It makes sense on the face of things that $200.00 is harder to alter than 200.00$ .

[kleiba]

that $200.00 is harder to alter

Luckily, though, it is common to use commas to separate groups of three digits: $200,000.00 But this means a change of a factor 1000 which might be less useful than the original 20$ -> 320$ example.

[spacecowboy_lon]

That depends on locale other countrys do not use commas as separators in the same way

[reacweb]

As a european, my feeling is that we are more and more copying american way of using $ when we use €.