diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
index 5b7ad2f06..e77cb557d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Amount.hs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Amount (
   amountstyle,
   styleAmount,
   styleAmountExceptPrecision,
+  amountUnstyled,
   showAmount,
   cshowAmount,
   showAmountWithZeroCommodity,
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ module Hledger.Data.Amount (
   mixedAmountTotalPriceToUnitPrice,
   -- ** rendering
   styleMixedAmount,
+  mixedAmountUnstyled,
   showMixedAmount,
   showMixedAmountOneLine,
   showMixedAmountDebug,
@@ -351,6 +353,10 @@ styleAmountExceptPrecision styles a@Amount{astyle=AmountStyle{asprecision=origp}
     Just s  -> a{astyle=s{asprecision=origp}}
     Nothing -> a
 
+-- | Reset this amount's display style to the default.
+amountUnstyled :: Amount -> Amount
+amountUnstyled a = a{astyle=amountstyle}
+
 -- | Get the string representation of an amount, based on its
 -- commodity's display settings. String representations equivalent to
 -- zero are converted to just \"0\". The special "missing" amount is
@@ -609,6 +615,10 @@ mixedAmountIsZero = all amountIsZero . amounts . normaliseMixedAmountSquashPrice
 styleMixedAmount :: M.Map CommoditySymbol AmountStyle -> MixedAmount -> MixedAmount
 styleMixedAmount styles (Mixed as) = Mixed $ map (styleAmount styles) as
 
+-- | Reset each individual amount's display style to the default.
+mixedAmountUnstyled :: MixedAmount -> MixedAmount
+mixedAmountUnstyled = mapMixedAmount amountUnstyled
+
 -- | Get the string representation of a mixed amount, after
 -- normalising it to one amount per commodity. Assumes amounts have
 -- no or similar prices, otherwise this can show misleading prices.
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
index 36c8e0183..237525b7d 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Add.hs
@@ -333,8 +333,12 @@ amountAndCommentWizard PrevInput{..} EntryState{..} = do
       (mhistoricalp,followedhistoricalsofar) =
           case esSimilarTransaction of
             Nothing                        -> (Nothing,False)
-            Just Transaction{tpostings=ps} -> (if length ps >= pnum then Just (ps !! (pnum-1)) else Nothing
-                                              ,all (\(a,b) -> pamount a == pamount b) $ zip esPostings ps)
+            Just Transaction{tpostings=ps} -> 
+              ( if length ps >= pnum then Just (ps !! (pnum-1)) else Nothing
+              , all sameamount $ zip esPostings ps
+              )
+              where
+                sameamount (p1,p2) = mixedAmountUnstyled (pamount p1) == mixedAmountUnstyled (pamount p2)
       def = case (esArgs, mhistoricalp, followedhistoricalsofar) of
               (d:_,_,_)                                             -> d
               (_,Just hp,True)                                      -> showamt $ pamount hp
@@ -343,7 +347,8 @@ amountAndCommentWizard PrevInput{..} EntryState{..} = do
   retryMsg "A valid hledger amount is required. Eg: 1, $2, 3 EUR, \"4 red apples\"." $
    parser parseAmountAndComment $
    withCompletion (amountCompleter def) $
-   defaultTo' def $ nonEmpty $
+   defaultTo' def $ 
+   nonEmpty $
    linePrewritten (green $ printf "Amount  %d%s: " pnum (showDefault def)) (fromMaybe "" $ prevAmountAndCmnt `atMay` length esPostings) ""
     where
       parseAmountAndComment s = if s == "<" then return Nothing else either (const Nothing) (return . Just) $