diff --git a/src/ape_ethereum/_converters.py b/src/ape_ethereum/_converters.py
index ca308ce77b..9e0ad6572a 100644
--- a/src/ape_ethereum/_converters.py
+++ b/src/ape_ethereum/_converters.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from ape.api.convert import ConverterAPI
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
     "babbage": int(1e3),
     "wei": 1,
 }
+NUMBER_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^-?\d{1,3}(?:[,_]?\d{3})*(?:\.\d+)?(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?$")
 
 
 class WeiConversions(ConverterAPI):
@@ -30,11 +32,12 @@ def is_convertible(self, value: str) -> bool:
         if " " not in value or len(value.split(" ")) > 2:
             return False
 
-        _, unit = value.split(" ")
-
-        return unit.lower() in ETHER_UNITS
+        val, unit = value.split(" ")
+        return unit.lower() in ETHER_UNITS and bool(NUMBER_PATTERN.match(val))
 
     def convert(self, value: str) -> int:
         value, unit = value.split(" ")
-        converted_value = int(Decimal(value) * ETHER_UNITS[unit.lower()])
+        converted_value = int(
+            Decimal(value.replace("_", "").replace(",", "")) * ETHER_UNITS[unit.lower()]
+        )
         return CurrencyValue(converted_value)
diff --git a/tests/functional/conversion/test_ether.py b/tests/functional/conversion/test_ether.py
index 0da615b648..ccb55de65a 100644
--- a/tests/functional/conversion/test_ether.py
+++ b/tests/functional/conversion/test_ether.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from ape.exceptions import ConversionError
 from ape_ethereum._converters import ETHER_UNITS
 
+TEN_THOUSAND_ETHER_IN_WEI = 10_000_000_000_000_000_000_000
+
 
 @pytest.mark.fuzzing
 @given(
@@ -41,3 +43,15 @@ def test_no_registered_converter(convert):
         convert("something", ChecksumAddress)
 
     assert str(err.value) == "No conversion registered to handle 'something'."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("sep", (",", "_"))
+def test_separaters(convert, sep):
+    """
+    Show that separates, such as commands and underscores, are OK
+    in currency-string values, e.g. "10,000 ETH" is valid.
+    """
+    currency_str = f"10{sep}000 ETHER"
+    actual = convert(currency_str, int)
+    expected = TEN_THOUSAND_ETHER_IN_WEI
+    assert actual == expected