diff --git a/clients/validator/package.json b/clients/validator/package.json
index f662b549fb..644ac097dc 100644
--- a/clients/validator/package.json
+++ b/clients/validator/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nymproject/nym-validator-client",
-  "version": "0.10.0-rc2",
+  "version": "0.10.0-rc3",
   "description": "A TypeScript client for interacting with smart contracts in Nym validators",
   "repository": "https://github.com/nymtech/nym",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
diff --git a/clients/validator/src/currency.ts b/clients/validator/src/currency.ts
index 608a5526f0..221db062c4 100644
--- a/clients/validator/src/currency.ts
+++ b/clients/validator/src/currency.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ export function printableBalance(balance?: readonly Coin[]): string {
     return balance.map(printableCoin).join(", ");
 }
 
+// converts display amount, such as "12.0346" to its native token representation,
+// with 6 fractional digits. So in that case it would result in "12034600"
+// Basically does the same job as `displayAmountToNative` but without the requirement
+// of having the coinMap
+export function printableBalanceToNative(amountToDisplay: string): string  {
+    const decimalAmount = Decimal.fromUserInput(amountToDisplay, 6);
+    return decimalAmount.atomics;
+}
+
 export interface MappedCoin {
     readonly denom: string;
     readonly fractionalDigits: number;