diff --git a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_reader_test.cc b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_reader_test.cc
index ccc52bce99..0d85c256ec 100644
--- a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_reader_test.cc
+++ b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_reader_test.cc
@@ -373,6 +373,60 @@ TEST(PostgresCopyUtilsTest, PostgresCopyReadNumeric) {
   EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "inf");
 }
 
+TEST(PostgresCopyUtilsTest, PostgresCopyReadNumeric16_10) {
+  ArrowBufferView data;
+  data.data.as_uint8 = kTestPgCopyNumeric16_10;
+  data.size_bytes = sizeof(kTestPgCopyNumeric16_10);
+
+  auto col_type = PostgresType(PostgresTypeId::kNumeric);
+  PostgresType input_type(PostgresTypeId::kRecord);
+  input_type.AppendChild("col", col_type);
+
+  PostgresCopyStreamTester tester;
+  ASSERT_EQ(tester.Init(input_type), NANOARROW_OK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(tester.ReadAll(&data), ENODATA);
+  ASSERT_EQ(data.data.as_uint8 - kTestPgCopyNumeric16_10,
+            sizeof(kTestPgCopyNumeric16_10));
+  ASSERT_EQ(data.size_bytes, 0);
+
+  nanoarrow::UniqueArray array;
+  ASSERT_EQ(tester.GetArray(array.get()), NANOARROW_OK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(array->length, 7);
+  ASSERT_EQ(array->n_children, 1);
+
+  nanoarrow::UniqueSchema schema;
+  tester.GetSchema(schema.get());
+
+  nanoarrow::UniqueArrayView array_view;
+  ASSERT_EQ(ArrowArrayViewInitFromSchema(array_view.get(), schema.get(), nullptr),
+            NANOARROW_OK);
+  ASSERT_EQ(array_view->children[0]->storage_type, NANOARROW_TYPE_STRING);
+  ASSERT_EQ(ArrowArrayViewSetArray(array_view.get(), array.get(), nullptr), NANOARROW_OK);
+
+  auto validity = array_view->children[0]->buffer_views[0].data.as_uint8;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 0));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 1));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 2));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 3));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 4));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 5));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(ArrowBitGet(validity, 6));
+
+  struct ArrowStringView item;
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "0.0000000000");
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "1.0123400000");
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "1.0123456789");
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "-1.0123400000");
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "-1.0123456789");
+  item = ArrowArrayViewGetStringUnsafe(array_view->children[0], 5);
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::string(item.data, item.size_bytes), "nan");
+}
+
 TEST(PostgresCopyUtilsTest, PostgresCopyReadTimestamp) {
   ArrowBufferView data;
   data.data.as_uint8 = kTestPgCopyTimestamp;
diff --git a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_test_common.h b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_test_common.h
index 55a96004fb..d685486626 100644
--- a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_test_common.h
+++ b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/postgres_copy_test_common.h
@@ -175,4 +175,19 @@ static const uint8_t kTestPgCopyNumeric[] = {
     0x00, 0xf0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
     0x00, 0xd0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x20, 0x00, 0x01, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff};
 
+// COPY (SELECT CAST(col AS NUMERIC(16, 10)) AS col FROM (  VALUES ('0'), ('1.01234'),
+// ('1.0123456789'), ('-1.01234'), ('-1.0123456789'), ('nan'), (NULL)) AS
+// drvd(col)) TO '/tmp/pgdata.out' WITH (FORMAT binary);
+static const uint8_t kTestPgCopyNumeric16_10[] = {
+    0x50, 0x47, 0x43, 0x4F, 0x50, 0x59, 0x0A, 0xFF, 0x0D, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x7B, 0x0F, 0xA0, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+    0x7B, 0x11, 0xD7, 0x22, 0xC4, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x7B, 0x0F, 0xA0, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0x00, 0x10, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x40, 0x00, 0x00, 0x0A, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
+    0x7B, 0x11, 0xD7, 0x22, 0xC4, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+    0x00, 0xC0, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF};
+
 }  // namespace adbcpq
diff --git a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/reader.h b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/reader.h
index 49eb308937..a64219cff2 100644
--- a/c/driver/postgresql/copy/reader.h
+++ b/c/driver/postgresql/copy/reader.h
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class PostgresCopyNumericFieldReader : public PostgresCopyFieldReader {
         // To strip leading zeroes
         int append = (d > 0);
 
-        for (const auto pow10 : {1000, 100, 10, 1}) {
+        for (const auto pow10 : {1000, 100, 10}) {
           d1 = dig / pow10;
           dig -= d1 * pow10;
           append |= (d1 > 0);
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ class PostgresCopyNumericFieldReader : public PostgresCopyFieldReader {
             *out++ = d1 + '0';
           }
         }
+
+        *out++ = dig + '0';
       }
     }
 
@@ -372,18 +374,20 @@ class PostgresCopyNumericFieldReader : public PostgresCopyFieldReader {
       *out++ = '.';
       actual_chars_required += dscale + 1;
 
-      for (int i = 0; i < dscale; i++, d++, i += kDecDigits) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < dscale; d++, i += kDecDigits) {
         if (d >= 0 && d < ndigits) {
           dig = digits_[d];
         } else {
           dig = 0;
         }
 
-        for (const auto pow10 : {1000, 100, 10, 1}) {
+        for (const auto pow10 : {1000, 100, 10}) {
           d1 = dig / pow10;
           dig -= d1 * pow10;
           *out++ = d1 + '0';
         }
+
+        *out++ = dig + '0';
       }
     }