diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
index fbc56a8d3b..fa593bc2bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/JsonGenerator.java
@@ -2491,13 +2491,13 @@ public void copyCurrentEvent(JsonParser p) throws IOException
         }
         case ID_NUMBER_FLOAT:
         {
-            NumberType n = p.getNumberType();
-            if (n == NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL) {
-                writeNumber(p.getDecimalValue());
-            } else if (n == NumberType.FLOAT) {
-                writeNumber(p.getFloatValue());
+            Number n = p.getNumberValueExact();
+            if (n instanceof Float) {
+                writeNumber((Float) n);
+            } else if (n instanceof BigDecimal) {
+                writeNumber((BigDecimal) n);
             } else {
-                writeNumber(p.getDoubleValue());
+                writeNumber(n.doubleValue());
             }
             break;
         }
@@ -2636,13 +2636,13 @@ protected void _copyCurrentContents(JsonParser p) throws IOException
             }
             case ID_NUMBER_FLOAT:
             {
-                NumberType n = p.getNumberType();
-                if (n == NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL) {
-                    writeNumber(p.getDecimalValue());
-                } else if (n == NumberType.FLOAT) {
-                    writeNumber(p.getFloatValue());
+                Number n = p.getNumberValueExact();
+                if (n instanceof Float) {
+                    writeNumber((Float) n);
+                } else if (n instanceof BigDecimal) {
+                    writeNumber((BigDecimal) n);
                 } else {
-                    writeNumber(p.getDoubleValue());
+                    writeNumber(n.doubleValue());
                 }
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/ParserPrecisionLoss730Test.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/ParserPrecisionLoss730Test.java
index aad7abc4d3..9b68865b5c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/ParserPrecisionLoss730Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/ParserPrecisionLoss730Test.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class ParserPrecisionLoss730Test extends BaseTest
      * e.g. for pretty printing a file.
      */
     public void testCopyCurrentEventBigDecimal() throws Exception {
-        String input = "1e999";
+        String input = "1E+999";
         StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
 
         try (JsonParser parser = JSON_F.createParser(input)) {
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ public void testCopyCurrentStructureBigDecimal() throws Exception {
                 generator.copyCurrentStructure(parser);
             }
         }
-        assertEquals(input, stringWriter.toString());
+        assertEquals("[1E+999]", stringWriter.toString());
     }
 }