diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/format.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/format.rs
index 4712351ca..7561b6ddc 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/format.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/format.rs
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
             has_doc,
             number_format
         ),
-        cmd!("home.accounting", "Accounting Number Format", ["Home", "Number"], None, "{range?, symbol?: \"$\"}", has_doc, |s, p| set_fmt(
-            s, p, ACCOUNTING
-        )),
+        cmd!("home.accounting", "Accounting Number Format", ["Home", "Number"], None, "{range?, symbol?: \"$\"}", has_doc, accounting),
         cmd!("home.percent", "Percent Style", ["Home", "Number"], Some("Ctrl+Shift+%"), "{range?}", has_doc, |s, p| set_fmt(s, p, "0%")),
         cmd!("home.comma", "Comma Style", ["Home", "Number"], None, "{range?}", has_doc, |s, p| set_fmt(s, p, COMMA)),
         cmd!("home.increaseDecimal", "Increase Decimal", ["Home", "Number"], None, "{range?}", has_doc, |s, p| decimals(s, p, 1)),
@@ -202,6 +200,20 @@ pub fn specs() -> Vec<CommandSpec> {
 const ACCOUNTING: &str = "_(\"$\"* #,##0.00_);_(\"$\"* \\(#,##0.00\\);_(\"$\"* \"-\"??_);_(@_)";
 const COMMA: &str = "_(* #,##0.00_);_(* \\(#,##0.00\\);_(* \"-\"??_);_(@_)";
 
+/// Accounting Number Format with the currency symbol to use (Excel's own button takes the system
+/// currency; `symbol` is how the control channel picks another one, e.g. `"L"` for lempiras).
+fn accounting(s: &mut Session, p: &Json) -> Result<Json> {
+    let symbol = str_param(p, "symbol").unwrap_or("$");
+    if symbol.contains(['"', '\\']) {
+        return Err(bad("home.accounting", "the symbol can't contain a quote or a backslash"));
+    }
+    set_fmt(s, p, &accounting_format(symbol))
+}
+
+fn accounting_format(symbol: &str) -> String {
+    format!("_({symbol:?}* #,##0.00_);_({symbol:?}* \\(#,##0.00\\);_({symbol:?}* \"-\"??_);_(@_)")
+}
+
 fn with(p: &Json, key: &str, v: Json) -> Json {
     let mut m = p.as_object().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
     m.insert(key.into(), v);
@@ -1137,6 +1149,11 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(v(&mut s, "D1"), json!(4.0));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn the_default_symbol_reproduces_the_accounting_format() {
+        assert_eq!(accounting_format("$"), ACCOUNTING);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn decimal_steps() {
         let v = gridcraft_core::Value::Number(1.5);
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
index ae499a189..f4d17bd7e 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests.rs
@@ -1259,6 +1259,27 @@ fn slicer_filters_table() {
     assert!(s.execute("slicer.toggle", json!({"value": "Nowhere"})).is_err());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn accounting_format_takes_the_symbol_it_is_given() {
+    // The command documents `symbol`; it used to be dropped, so only `$` was ever reachable
+    // from the control channel (asking for lempiras, #1893, changed nothing).
+    let text = |s: &Session, a: &str| {
+        let d = s.doc().unwrap();
+        crate::display::cell_text(&d.wb, d.wb.active().unwrap(), CellRef::parse(a).unwrap())
+    };
+    let mut s = s();
+    s.execute("cell.set", json!({"cell": "A1", "input": "1234.5"})).unwrap();
+    s.execute("home.accounting", json!({"range": "A1", "symbol": "L"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(text(&s, "A1"), " L 1,234.50 ");
+    // Without a symbol it stays the default `$` format, character for character.
+    s.execute("home.accounting", json!({"range": "A1"})).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(text(&s, "A1"), " $ 1,234.50 ");
+    // A quote or a backslash would break the format string, so the symbol is refused.
+    for bad in ["\"", "\\"] {
+        assert!(s.execute("home.accounting", json!({"range": "A1", "symbol": bad})).is_err(), "{bad}");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn table_header_formatted_as_accounting_keeps_its_text_as_the_column_name() {
     // Found by the command-sequence fuzzer: the accounting format pads text (` 172.4 `), and that