diff --git a/src/money/parsing.ts b/src/money/parsing.ts
index 0fbc809..ebc84ca 100644
--- a/src/money/parsing.ts
+++ b/src/money/parsing.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,54 @@ function parseNumber(
     cleaned = cleaned.slice(1).trim()
   }
 
+  // Handle scientific notation (e.g., "1.06521485582e-7", "5e8", "1.23E+5")
+  if (/[eE]/.test(cleaned)) {
+    // Validate scientific notation format more strictly
+    if (!/^-?\d*\.?\d+[eE][+-]?\d+$/.test(cleaned)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid number format: "${amountStr}"`)
+    }
+
+    // Parse the scientific notation manually to avoid floating-point precision loss
+    const [mantissaPart, exponentPart] = cleaned.split(/[eE]/)
+    const exponent = parseInt(exponentPart, 10)
+
+    if (isNaN(exponent)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid number format: "${amountStr}"`)
+    }
+
+    // Parse the mantissa (e.g., "1.23" from "1.23e-5")
+    let mantissa = mantissaPart
+    let mantissaDecimals = 0
+
+    if (mantissa.includes(".")) {
+      const [intPart, decPart] = mantissa.split(".")
+      mantissa = intPart + decPart
+      mantissaDecimals = decPart.length
+    }
+
+    // Remove leading zeros but preserve the value
+    mantissa = mantissa.replace(/^0+/, "") || "0"
+
+    if (!/^\d+$/.test(mantissa)) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid number format: "${amountStr}"`)
+    }
+
+    let mantissaBigInt = BigInt(mantissa)
+
+    // Apply the exponent: adjust decimal places
+    const finalDecimals = mantissaDecimals - exponent
+
+    if (finalDecimals < 0) {
+      // Positive exponent: multiply by 10^abs(finalDecimals)
+      mantissaBigInt *= 10n ** BigInt(-finalDecimals)
+      const amount = isNegative ? -mantissaBigInt : mantissaBigInt
+      return { amount, decimals: 0 }
+    }
+    // Negative or zero exponent: keep as decimal
+    const amount = isNegative ? -mantissaBigInt : mantissaBigInt
+    return { amount, decimals: finalDecimals }
+  }
+
   if (format === "US") {
     // US format: 1,234.56 (comma thousands, dot decimal)
     const parts = cleaned.split(".")
diff --git a/test/scientific-notation.test.ts b/test/scientific-notation.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acee4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scientific-notation.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { BTC, USD } from "../src/currencies"
+import { Money } from "../src/index"
+import { Money as MoneyClass } from "../src/money"
+
+describe("Scientific Notation Parsing", () => {
+  describe("Currency Symbol with Scientific Notation", () => {
+    it("should parse dollar amounts in scientific notation", () => {
+      // Test $1.23E+5 = $123,000
+      const largeAmount = Money("$1.23E+5")
+      expect(
+        largeAmount.equals(
+          new MoneyClass({
+            asset: USD,
+            amount: { amount: 12300000n, decimals: 2n },
+          }),
+        ),
+      ).toBe(true)
+
+      // Test very small amounts parse without error
+      const smallAmount = Money("$1.06521485582e-7")
+      expect(smallAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(smallAmount.amount.amount > 0n).toBe(true)
+
+      const tinyAmount = Money("$5e-8")
+      expect(tinyAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(tinyAmount.amount.amount > 0n).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it("should parse negative scientific notation amounts", () => {
+      const negativeAmount = Money("-$1.23E+5")
+      expect(negativeAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(negativeAmount.amount.amount < 0n).toBe(true)
+      expect(negativeAmount.toString()).toContain("-")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("Currency Code with Scientific Notation", () => {
+    it("should parse currency code amounts in scientific notation", () => {
+      // This test will initially fail until we fix currency code parsing with scientific notation
+      // Currency code with scientific notation is not yet supported
+      // These should fail until we extend currency code parsing
+      expect(() => Money("USD 1.23E+5")).toThrow("Invalid money string format")
+      expect(() => Money("1.06521485582e-7 BTC")).toThrow(
+        "Invalid money string format",
+      )
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("Edge Cases", () => {
+    it("should handle zero in scientific notation", () => {
+      const zeroAmount = Money("$0e+5")
+      expect(zeroAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(zeroAmount.amount.amount).toBe(0n)
+      expect(zeroAmount.isZero()).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it("should handle very large exponents", () => {
+      const largeAmount = Money("$1e+10")
+      expect(largeAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(largeAmount.amount.amount > 0n).toBe(true)
+      expect(largeAmount.toString()).toBe("$10,000,000,000.00")
+    })
+
+    it("should handle extremely small numbers without precision loss", () => {
+      // Test extremely small number that would have 70+ decimal places
+      const tinyAmount = Money("$1e-70")
+      expect(tinyAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(tinyAmount.isZero()).toBe(false) // Should not be zero
+      expect(tinyAmount.amount.amount).not.toBe(0n)
+
+      // Test a number with many explicit decimal places
+      const preciseAmount = Money(
+        "$0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
+      )
+      expect(preciseAmount.currency.code).toBe("USD")
+      expect(preciseAmount.isZero()).toBe(false)
+      expect(preciseAmount.amount.amount).toBe(1n)
+
+      // Verify both represent the same value (1 with 70 decimal places)
+      expect(tinyAmount.equals(preciseAmount)).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it("should reject invalid scientific notation", () => {
+      // These should still fail because they're invalid scientific notation
+      expect(() => Money("$1.23ee+5")).toThrow()
+      expect(() => Money("$e+5")).toThrow()
+      expect(() => Money("$1.23e")).toThrow()
+    })
+  })
+})