diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
index a3a1cf98e0..f43c27bbc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/NumberDeserializers.java
@@ -244,8 +244,7 @@ protected final Boolean _parseBoolean(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
             }
             // And finally, let's allow Strings to be converted too
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-                final String text = p.getText();
-
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Boolean) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -253,6 +252,7 @@ protected final Boolean _parseBoolean(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Boolean) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 // [databind#422]: Allow aliases
                 if ("true".equals(text) || "True".equals(text)) {
                     return Boolean.TRUE;
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ protected Byte _parseByte(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOEx
         {
             JsonToken t = p.currentToken();
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) { // let's do implicit re-parse
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Byte) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ protected Byte _parseByte(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOEx
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Byte) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Byte) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ protected Short _parseShort(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IO
                 return p.getShortValue();
             }
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) { // let's do implicit re-parse
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Short) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ protected Short _parseShort(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IO
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Short) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Short) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ public Character deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 break;
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING: // this is the usual type
 
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Character) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -453,6 +455,7 @@ public Character deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Character) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Character) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -518,7 +521,7 @@ protected final Integer _parseInteger(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 }
                 return Integer.valueOf(p.getValueAsInt());
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING: // let's do implicit re-parse
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Integer) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -526,6 +529,7 @@ protected final Integer _parseInteger(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Integer) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Integer) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -590,7 +594,7 @@ protected final Long _parseLong(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throw
                 }
                 return p.getValueAsLong();
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Long) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -598,6 +602,7 @@ protected final Long _parseLong(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throw
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Long) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Long) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -645,7 +650,7 @@ protected final Float _parseFloat(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
             }
             // And finally, let's allow Strings to be converted too
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Float) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -653,6 +658,7 @@ protected final Float _parseFloat(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Float) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Float) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -722,7 +728,7 @@ protected final Double _parseDouble(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
                 return p.getDoubleValue();
             }
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-                final String text = p.getText();
+                String text = p.getText();
                 CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return (Double) getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -730,6 +736,7 @@ protected final Double _parseDouble(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
                 if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
                     return (Double) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     return (Double) _coerceTextualNull(ctxt, _primitive);
                 }
@@ -813,14 +820,18 @@ public Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOEx
                 return p.getNumberValue();
 
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-                /* Textual values are more difficult... not parsing itself, but figuring
-                 * out 'minimal' type to use 
-                 */
-                String text = p.getText().trim();
-                if ((text.length() == 0)) {
-                    // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
+                // Textual values are more difficult... not parsing itself, but figuring
+                // out 'minimal' type to use 
+
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
                     return getNullValue(ctxt);
                 }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
                 if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
                     // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
                     return getNullValue(ctxt);
@@ -834,7 +845,6 @@ public Object deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws IOEx
                 if (_isNaN(text)) {
                     return Double.NaN;
                 }
-                _verifyStringForScalarCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 try {
                     if (!_isIntNumber(text)) {
                         if (ctxt.isEnabled(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)) {
@@ -887,8 +897,7 @@ public Object deserializeWithType(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt,
 
     /*
     /**********************************************************
-    /* And then bit more complicated (but non-structured) number
-    /* types
+    /* And then bit more complicated (but non-structured) number types
     /**********************************************************
      */
 
@@ -935,13 +944,19 @@ public BigInteger deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws
             case JsonTokenId.ID_START_ARRAY:
                 return _deserializeFromArray(p, ctxt);
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING: // let's do implicit re-parse
-                String text = p.getText().trim();
-                // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
-                if (_isEmptyOrTextualNull(text)) {
-                    _verifyNullForScalarCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
+                    return (BigInteger) getNullValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return (BigInteger) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
+                if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
+                    // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
                     return (BigInteger) getNullValue(ctxt);
                 }
-                _verifyStringForScalarCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 try {
                     return new BigInteger(text);
                 } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) { }
@@ -980,13 +995,19 @@ public BigDecimal deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
             case JsonTokenId.ID_NUMBER_FLOAT:
                 return p.getDecimalValue();
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
-                String text = p.getText().trim();
-                // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
-                if (_isEmptyOrTextualNull(text)) {
-                    _verifyNullForScalarCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                String text = p.getText();
+                CoercionAction act = _checkFromStringCoercion(ctxt, text);
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsNull) {
+                    return (BigDecimal) getNullValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                if (act == CoercionAction.AsEmpty) {
+                    return (BigDecimal) getEmptyValue(ctxt);
+                }
+                text = text.trim();
+                if (_hasTextualNull(text)) {
+                    // note: no need to call `coerce` as this is never primitive
                     return (BigDecimal) getNullValue(ctxt);
                 }
-                _verifyStringForScalarCoercion(ctxt, text);
                 try {
                     return new BigDecimal(text);
                 } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) { }