C# Model: Dealing with Currency

ArticleModel.cs

private string _articlePrice;
public string ArticlePrice {
    get
    {
        return _articlePrice;
    }
    set
    {
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("de");
        _articlePrice = String.Format("{0:C}", decimal.Parse(value)); 
    }
}

// will output a nice 42,00€ instead of 42.00000
// the CultureInfo can be changed to a different country and 
// one can manually change the currency symbol

ArticleModel2.cs

// Second approach which prevents converting errors
// Basically, you set the ArticlePriceDecimal which accepts a decimal value
// and you get the lang converted price as string via ArticlePrice

private string _articlePrice;
public decimal ArticlePriceDecimal
{
    set
    {
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("de");
        _articlePrice = String.Format("{0:C}", value);
    }
}
public string ArticlePrice {
    get
    {
        return _articlePrice;
    }
  
}