diff --git a/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.html b/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.html
index f5d50b2..c15afe8 100644
--- a/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.html
+++ b/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div>
     <input #input [value]="formattedValue()" [readonly]="disabled" [attr.placeholder]="placeholder"
-        [attr.aria-describedby]="userAriaDescribedBy" [attr.required]="required" (input)="onUserInput($event)"
-        (keydown)="onInputKeyDown($event)" (keypress)="onInputKeyPress($event)" (paste)="onPaste($event)"
-        (focus)="onFocusIn($event)" (blur)="onFocusOut($event)" />
+        [attr.aria-describedby]="userAriaDescribedBy" [attr.required]="required" (keyup)="onInputKeyUp($event)"
+        (input)="onUserInput($event)" (keydown)="onInputKeyDown($event)" (keypress)="onInputKeyPress($event)"
+        (paste)="onPaste($event)" (focus)="onFocusIn($event)" (blur)="onFocusOut($event)" />
 </div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.ts b/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.ts
index d13000d..28a1888 100644
--- a/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/currency-input/currency-input.component.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export class CurrencyInputComponent implements MatFormFieldControl<number>, Cont
   @ViewChild('input') input!: ElementRef<HTMLInputElement>;
 
   isSpecialChar: boolean | null | undefined = undefined;
+  isMaybePasting: boolean = false;
   lastValue: string | null | undefined = undefined;
   min: number = 0;
   groupChar: string = '';
@@ -269,8 +270,6 @@ export class CurrencyInputComponent implements MatFormFieldControl<number>, Cont
     return { decimalCharIndex, minusCharIndex };
   }
 
-
-
   onUserInput(event: Event) {
     if (this.disabled) {
       return;
@@ -288,11 +287,16 @@ export class CurrencyInputComponent implements MatFormFieldControl<number>, Cont
     }
 
     this.lastValue = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value;
-    if ((event as KeyboardEvent).shiftKey || (event as KeyboardEvent).altKey || event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {
+    if ((event as KeyboardEvent).shiftKey || (event as KeyboardEvent).altKey) {
       this.isSpecialChar = true;
       return;
     }
 
+    if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {
+      this.isMaybePasting = true;
+      return;
+    }
+
     let selectionStart = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).selectionStart as number;
     let selectionEnd = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).selectionEnd as number;
     let inputValue = (event.target as HTMLInputElement).value as string;
@@ -446,6 +450,11 @@ export class CurrencyInputComponent implements MatFormFieldControl<number>, Cont
     // this.onKeyDown.emit(event);
   }
 
+  onInputKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent): void {
+    if (event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) {
+      this.isMaybePasting = false;
+    }
+  }
 
   onInputKeyPress(event: KeyboardEvent) {
     if (this.disabled) {
@@ -457,6 +466,11 @@ export class CurrencyInputComponent implements MatFormFieldControl<number>, Cont
     let isDecimalSign = this.isDecimalSign(char);
     const isMinusSign = this.isMinusSign(char);
 
+    // allow pasting or copying in the input field
+    if (this.isMaybePasting && (event.key === 'v' || event.key === 'c')) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (code != 13) {
       event.preventDefault();
     }