Abstract: A facsimile telecommunications system includes a method for at least partially automatically converting monetary amounts in a document from one currency to a second currency. A document containing the monetary amounts is transmitted from a transmitting machine and displayed, printed or otherwise communicated at a receiving end of a telecommunications link. The monetary conversion may occur at any point in the telecommunications system, particularly at the transmitting facsimile device, the receiving facsimile device or a central facility operatively connected to a telecommunications network. The conversion is preferably accomplished fully automatically, with decoders being used for determining identities of input and output currencies.