diff --git a/modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/number_pipe.ts b/modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/number_pipe.ts
index f77cdcc7b8..a29aca3990 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/number_pipe.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/common/src/pipes/number_pipe.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,14 @@
 
 import {Pipe, PipeTransform} from '@angular/core';
 
-import {BaseException} from '../facade/exceptions';
 import {NumberFormatStyle, NumberFormatter} from '../facade/intl';
-import {NumberWrapper, RegExpWrapper, StringWrapper, Type, isBlank, isNumber, isPresent, isString} from '../facade/lang';
+import {NumberWrapper, RegExpWrapper, Type, isBlank, isNumber, isPresent, isString} from '../facade/lang';
 
 import {InvalidPipeArgumentException} from './invalid_pipe_argument_exception';
 
 var defaultLocale: string = 'en-US';
 const _NUMBER_FORMAT_REGEXP = /^(\d+)?\.((\d+)(\-(\d+))?)?$/g;
 
-/**
- * Internal function to format numbers used by Decimal, Percent and Date pipes.
- */
 function formatNumber(
     pipe: Type, value: number | string, style: NumberFormatStyle, digits: string,
     currency: string = null, currencyAsSymbol: boolean = false): string {
@@ -29,13 +25,20 @@ function formatNumber(
   if (!isNumber(value)) {
     throw new InvalidPipeArgumentException(pipe, value);
   }
-  let minInt = 1;
-  let minFraction = 0;
-  let maxFraction = 3;
+  let minInt: number;
+  let minFraction: number;
+  let maxFraction: number;
+  if (style !== NumberFormatStyle.Currency) {
+    // rely on Intl default for currency
+    minInt = 1;
+    minFraction = 0;
+    maxFraction = 3;
+  }
+
   if (isPresent(digits)) {
     var parts = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(_NUMBER_FORMAT_REGEXP, digits);
-    if (isBlank(parts)) {
-      throw new BaseException(`${digits} is not a valid digit info for number pipes`);
+    if (!parts) {
+      throw new Error(`${digits} is not a valid digit info for number pipes`);
     }
     if (isPresent(parts[1])) {  // min integer digits
       minInt = NumberWrapper.parseIntAutoRadix(parts[1]);
diff --git a/modules/@angular/common/test/pipes/number_pipe_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/common/test/pipes/number_pipe_spec.ts
index efadaa9d6e..057ebb6bbc 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/common/test/pipes/number_pipe_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/common/test/pipes/number_pipe_spec.ts
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ export function main() {
 
         describe('transform', () => {
           it('should return correct value for numbers', () => {
-            expect(pipe.transform(123)).toEqual('USD123');
-            expect(pipe.transform(12, 'EUR', false, '.2')).toEqual('EUR12.00');
-            expect(pipe.transform(5.123, 'USD', false, '.0-2')).toEqual('USD5.12');
+            expect(pipe.transform(123)).toEqual('USD123.00');
+            expect(pipe.transform(12, 'EUR', false, '.1')).toEqual('EUR12.0');
+            expect(pipe.transform(5.1234, 'USD', false, '.0-3')).toEqual('USD5.123');
           });
 
           it('should not support other objects',
diff --git a/modules/@angular/facade/src/intl.ts b/modules/@angular/facade/src/intl.ts
index 22bbdebd4a..ffffc20338 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/facade/src/intl.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/facade/src/intl.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export enum NumberFormatStyle {
 export class NumberFormatter {
   static format(
       num: number, locale: string, style: NumberFormatStyle,
-      {minimumIntegerDigits = 1, minimumFractionDigits = 0, maximumFractionDigits = 3, currency,
+      {minimumIntegerDigits, minimumFractionDigits, maximumFractionDigits, currency,
        currencyAsSymbol = false}: {
         minimumIntegerDigits?: number,
         minimumFractionDigits?: number,
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@ export class NumberFormatter {
         currency?: string,
         currencyAsSymbol?: boolean
       } = {}): string {
-    var intlOptions: Intl.NumberFormatOptions = {
-      minimumIntegerDigits: minimumIntegerDigits,
-      minimumFractionDigits: minimumFractionDigits,
-      maximumFractionDigits: maximumFractionDigits
+    let options: Intl.NumberFormatOptions = {
+      minimumIntegerDigits,
+      minimumFractionDigits,
+      maximumFractionDigits,
+      style: NumberFormatStyle[style].toLowerCase()
     };
-    intlOptions.style = NumberFormatStyle[style].toLowerCase();
+
     if (style == NumberFormatStyle.Currency) {
-      intlOptions.currency = currency;
-      intlOptions.currencyDisplay = currencyAsSymbol ? 'symbol' : 'code';
+      options.currency = currency;
+      options.currencyDisplay = currencyAsSymbol ? 'symbol' : 'code';
     }
-    return new Intl.NumberFormat(locale, intlOptions).format(num);
+    return new Intl.NumberFormat(locale, options).format(num);
   }
 }
 var DATE_FORMATS_SPLIT =