diff --git a/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py b/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
index 13521259c3774bf39c3181280ca710dde873b75b..8f54120d94b07eaa17621eb04227bc375fd6cf37 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdfforms_fields.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import itertools
 
 import pytest
 
+from decimal import Decimal
+
 from pdfminer.psparser import PSLiteral
 
 from conservancy_beancount.pdfforms import fields as fieldsmod
@@ -249,6 +251,24 @@ def test_text_set_value(text, bprefix):
     actual = fieldsmod.FormField.value(field)
     assert actual == bprefix + text.encode('utf-16be' if bprefix else 'ascii')
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('expected', [
+    '0',
+    '32',
+    '32.45',
+    '32,768',
+    '32,768.95',
+])
+def test_text_set_value_numeric(expected):
+    num_s = expected.replace(',', '')
+    field = fieldsmod.TextField({})
+    num_types = [Decimal, float]
+    if '.' not in expected:
+        num_types.append(int)
+    for num_type in num_types:
+        field.set_value(num_type(num_s))
+        assert field.value() == expected
+        field.set_value(None)
+
 def test_text_set_value_none():
     source = field_source('t', b'set None test', 'Tx')
     field = fieldsmod.TextField(source)