diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75eda10f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { AmountWidget } from './amount.widget';
+import { FormFieldModel } from './../core/form-field.model';
+
+describe('AmountWidget', () => {
+
+    let widget: AmountWidget;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        widget = new AmountWidget(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should setup currentcy from field', () => {
+        const currency = 'UAH';
+        widget.field = new FormFieldModel(null, {
+            currency: currency
+        });
+
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+        expect(widget.currency).toBe(currency);
+    });
+
+    it('should setup default currency', () => {
+        widget.field = null;
+        widget.ngOnInit();
+        expect(widget.currency).toBe(AmountWidget.DEFAULT_CURRENCY);
+    });
+
+});
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.ts
index 2915520260..93086e9006 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/amount/amount.widget.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import { TextFieldWidgetComponent } from './../textfield-widget.component';
 })
 export class AmountWidget extends TextFieldWidgetComponent implements OnInit {
 
-    currency: string = '$';
+    static DEFAULT_CURRENCY: string = '$';
+
+    currency: string = AmountWidget.DEFAULT_CURRENCY;
 
     constructor(elementRef: ElementRef) {
         super(elementRef);