diff --git a/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp b/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
index 46553012..a3e36628 100644
--- a/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
+++ b/src/CalcViewModel/UnitConverterViewModel.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ constexpr size_t SELECTED_TARGET_UNIT = 2;
 
 // x millisecond delay before we consider conversion to be final
 constexpr unsigned int CONVERSION_FINALIZED_DELAY_IN_MS = 1000;
+const wregex regexTrimSpacesStart = wregex(L"^\\s+");
 const wregex regexTrimSpacesEnd = wregex(L"\\s+$");
 
 namespace CalculatorApp::ViewModel
@@ -350,9 +351,13 @@ String^ UnitConverterViewModel::ConvertToLocalizedString(const std::wstring& str
             {
                 currencyResult.erase(pos, currencyCode.length());
                 std::wsmatch sm;
+                if (regex_search(currencyResult, sm, regexTrimSpacesStart))
+                {
+                    currencyResult.erase(sm.prefix().length(), sm.length());
+                }
+
                 if (regex_search(currencyResult, sm, regexTrimSpacesEnd))
                 {
-                    currencyResult.erase(pos, 1);
                     currencyResult.erase(sm.prefix().length(), sm.length());
                 }
             }