title: How do I convert a currency string to a floating point number in Python?
body: <p>I have some strings representing numbers with specific currency format, for example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>money="$6,150,593.22"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to convert this string into the number</p>
  
  <pre><code>6150593.22
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What is the best way to achieve this?</p>