diff --git a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
index 8652e82b..e1330e36 100644
--- a/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
+++ b/faster_whisper/transcribe.py
@@ -100,6 +100,16 @@ class TranscriptionInfo(NamedTuple):
     vad_options: VadOptions
 
 
+def find_numeral_symbol_tokens(tokenizer: Tokenizer):
+    numeral_symbol_tokens = []
+    for i in range(tokenizer.eot):
+        token = tokenizer.decode([i]).removeprefix(" ")
+        has_numeral_symbol = any(c in "0123456789%$£¥" for c in token)
+        if has_numeral_symbol:
+            numeral_symbol_tokens.append(i)
+    return numeral_symbol_tokens
+
+
 # The code below is originally from HF pipeline and is used in whisper-x
 # (https://github.com/m-bain/whisperX) and adapted for faster_whisper
 
@@ -314,6 +324,7 @@ def transcribe(
         prefix: Optional[str] = None,
         suppress_blank: bool = True,
         suppress_tokens: Optional[List[int]] = [-1],
+        suppress_numerals: bool = False,
         prepend_punctuations: str = "\"'“¿([{-",
         append_punctuations: str = "\"'.。,，!！?？:：”)]}、",
         max_new_tokens: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -485,7 +496,9 @@ def transcribe(
             initial_prompt=initial_prompt,
             prefix=prefix,
             suppress_blank=suppress_blank,
-            suppress_tokens=get_suppressed_tokens(self.tokenizer, suppress_tokens),
+            suppress_tokens=get_suppressed_tokens(
+                self.tokenizer, suppress_tokens, suppress_numerals
+            ),
             prepend_punctuations=prepend_punctuations,
             append_punctuations=append_punctuations,
             max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
@@ -2110,6 +2123,7 @@ def get_compression_ratio(text: str) -> float:
 def get_suppressed_tokens(
     tokenizer: Tokenizer,
     suppress_tokens: Tuple[int],
+    suppress_numerals: bool = False,
 ) -> Optional[List[int]]:
     if -1 in suppress_tokens:
         suppress_tokens = [t for t in suppress_tokens if t >= 0]
@@ -2129,6 +2143,12 @@ def get_suppressed_tokens(
         ]
     )
 
+    # This is not present in the original faster_whisper implementation
+    # Follows the same logic as whisperx
+    if suppress_numerals:
+        numeral_symbol_tokens = find_numeral_symbol_tokens(tokenizer)
+        suppress_tokens.extend(numeral_symbol_tokens)
+
     return tuple(sorted(set(suppress_tokens)))