diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc0470a..e043c9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ PublishScripts/
 **/[Pp]ackages/*
 # except build/, which is used as an MSBuild target.
 !**/[Pp]ackages/build/
+# and except a Unity project's Packages/, which is source: Unity's package manifest and its
+# resolved lock file are both meant to be committed, and a NuGet restore folder never contains
+# a file by either name.
+!**/[Pp]ackages/manifest.json
+!**/[Pp]ackages/packages-lock.json
 # Uncomment if necessary however generally it will be regenerated when needed
 #!**/[Pp]ackages/repositories.config
 # NuGet v3's project.json files produces more ignorable files
@@ -651,3 +656,16 @@ Temporary Items
 
 # ImGui.ini files
 imgui.ini
+
+# Game engine projects
+#
+# Godot: the import cache, and the mono/temp bin+obj a C# build writes.
+.godot/
+
+# Unity: .meta files are source, not the Visual Studio C++ build artifact that the `*.meta` rule
+# further up targets. Unity generates one per asset and it carries the GUID that scenes, prefabs
+# and serialized references point at, so ignoring them gives every clone fresh GUIDs and silently
+# breaks those references - including for a plug-in whose .dll is itself a build output. This
+# negation has to come after that rule to win, and is scoped to the asset tree so the Visual
+# Studio artifact stays ignored everywhere else.
+!**/[Aa]ssets/**/*.meta
diff --git a/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberTests.cs b/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberTests.cs
index c200c19..29e3be7 100644
--- a/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberTests.cs
+++ b/PreciseNumber.Test/PreciseNumberTests.cs
@@ -1173,6 +1173,64 @@ public void TestGetHashCode()
 		Assert.AreEqual(negativeOne.GetHashCode(), PreciseNumber.NegativeOne.GetHashCode());
 	}
 
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void TestGetHashCodeAgreesWithEqualsForUnsanitizedValues()
+	{
+		// Equals compares numerically, so an un-sanitized 2.50 equals a sanitized 2.5. The hash
+		// has to agree, or the two land in different buckets of a dictionary and lookups miss.
+		(int Exponent, int Significand)[] unsanitized =
+		[
+			(-2, 250),      // 2.50
+			(-3, 2500),     // 2.500
+			(0, 100),       // 100
+			(1, 10),        // 100
+			(-1, -250),     // -25.0
+			(0, 0),         // zero
+			(5, 0),         // zero, at a non-zero exponent
+		];
+
+		foreach ((int exponent, int significand) in unsanitized)
+		{
+			PreciseNumber raw = PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(exponent, significand, sanitize: false);
+			PreciseNumber sanitized = PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(exponent, significand);
+
+			Assert.IsTrue(raw.Equals(sanitized), $"({exponent}, {significand}) should equal its sanitized form");
+			Assert.AreEqual(
+				sanitized.GetHashCode(),
+				raw.GetHashCode(),
+				$"({exponent}, {significand}) is Equals-equal to its sanitized form, so it must hash alike");
+		}
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void TestGetHashCodeAgreesWithEqualsAfterCommonizing()
+	{
+		// MakeCommonized hands back un-normalized values directly, which is the other way a
+		// caller can reach an instance whose stored fields carry trailing zeros.
+		PreciseNumber twoAndAHalf = PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(-1, 25);
+		PreciseNumber thousandths = PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(-3, 1);
+
+		(PreciseNumber commonized, PreciseNumber _) = PreciseNumber.MakeCommonized(twoAndAHalf, thousandths);
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(commonized.Equals(twoAndAHalf));
+		Assert.AreEqual(twoAndAHalf.GetHashCode(), commonized.GetHashCode());
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void TestUnsanitizedValuesShareADictionarySlotWithTheirSanitizedForm()
+	{
+		// The contract violation as a caller meets it: a lookup that silently misses.
+		Dictionary<PreciseNumber, string> lookup = new()
+		{
+			[PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(-1, 25)] = "two and a half",
+		};
+
+		PreciseNumber raw = PreciseNumber.CreateFromComponents(-2, 250, sanitize: false);
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(lookup.TryGetValue(raw, out string? found), "2.50 should find the entry stored under 2.5");
+		Assert.AreEqual("two and a half", found);
+	}
+
 	[TestMethod]
 	public void TestEqualsObjectSameInstance()
 	{
diff --git a/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs b/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
index e1741cb..d243705 100644
--- a/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
+++ b/PreciseNumber/PreciseNumber.cs
@@ -450,7 +450,31 @@ public bool Equals(PreciseNumber other) =>
 		Equal(this, other);
 
 	/// <inheritdoc/>
-	public override int GetHashCode() => HashCode.Combine(Exponent, Significand);
+	/// <remarks>
+	/// Hashes the sanitized form rather than the stored fields. <see cref="Equals(PreciseNumber)"/>
+	/// compares numerically, so an un-sanitized 2.50 - significand 250 at exponent -2, reachable
+	/// through <see cref="CreateFromComponents(int, BigInteger, bool)"/> and the commonizing
+	/// helpers - equals a sanitized 2.5 and has to hash alike, or the two land in different buckets
+	/// of a hash table and lookups silently miss.
+	/// </remarks>
+	public override int GetHashCode()
+	{
+		if (Significand.IsZero)
+		{
+			// Every zero is equal, whatever exponent it happens to be stored at.
+			return HashCode.Combine(0, BigInteger.Zero);
+		}
+
+		// The leading digit is non-zero, so at most SignificantDigits - 1 zeros can trail.
+		int trailingZeros = CountTrailingZeros(Significand, SignificantDigits - 1);
+
+		// Unchecked because a hash must not throw. The sanitizing constructor does this addition
+		// checked, so an exponent that could overflow here cannot survive ordinary arithmetic
+		// anyway, and a wrapped value still hashes Equals-equal pairs to the same bucket.
+		return trailingZeros == 0
+			? HashCode.Combine(Exponent, Significand)
+			: HashCode.Combine(unchecked(Exponent + trailingZeros), Significand / Pow10(trailingZeros));
+	}
 
 	/// <inheritdoc/>
 	public override string ToString() => ToString(this, null, null);