diff --git a/.changeset/brown-suns-tickle.md b/.changeset/brown-suns-tickle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab13c8fc43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brown-suns-tickle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@penumbra-zone/types': minor
+---
+
+Fix pnum parsing ValueView
diff --git a/packages/types/src/pnum.test.ts b/packages/types/src/pnum.test.ts
index 5356fa78b2..964a187e8a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/pnum.test.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/pnum.test.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,34 @@ describe('pnum', () => {
     expect(result3.toString()).toBe('12345.5678');
   });
 
+  it('should correctly parse ViewView', () => {
+    const result = pnum(
+      new ValueView({
+        valueView: {
+          case: 'knownAssetId',
+          value: {
+            amount: new Amount({
+              lo: 123455678n,
+              hi: 0n,
+            }),
+            metadata: new Metadata({
+              base: 'UM',
+              display: 'penumbra',
+              denomUnits: [
+                new DenomUnit({
+                  exponent: 4,
+                  denom: 'penumbra',
+                }),
+              ],
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.toString()).toBe('12345.5678');
+  });
+
   it('should correctly convert to ValueView', () => {
     const unknown = pnum(12345.5678, { exponent: 4 }).toValueView();
     const metadata = new Metadata({
diff --git a/packages/types/src/pnum.ts b/packages/types/src/pnum.ts
index 527907bfae..760de4f74f 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/pnum.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/pnum.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ function pnum(
     value = new BigNumber(input).shiftedBy(exponent);
   } else if (typeof input === 'bigint') {
     value = new BigNumber(input.toString());
-  } else if (input instanceof ValueView) {
+  } else if (
+    typeof input === 'object' &&
+    'valueView' in input &&
+    typeof input.valueView === 'object'
+  ) {
     const amount = getAmount(input);
     value = new BigNumber(joinLoHi(amount.lo, amount.hi).toString());
     exponent =
diff --git a/scripts/link-externally.js b/scripts/link.js
similarity index 86%
rename from scripts/link-externally.js
rename to scripts/link.js
index f1e8df0698..fc72b06ed1 100644
--- a/scripts/link-externally.js
+++ b/scripts/link.js
@@ -6,11 +6,20 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
  * This script is used to link dependencies from this monorepo to other repos.
  *
  * @usage:
- *   node scripts/link-externally.js enable
- *   node scripts/link-externally.js disable
+ *   node scripts/link 1|true|enable|link|undefined
+ *   node scripts/link 0|false|disable|unlink
+ *
+ *   or
+ *
+ *   node scripts/link
+ *   node scripts/unlink
  *
  *   // when enabled, you can link the package to another repo like this:
  *   cd other/repo && pnpm link ../penumbra-zone/web/packages/ui
+ *
+ *   // watch inside packages
+ *   cd packages/ui && pnpm dev:pack
+ *   cd packages/types && pnpm dev:pack
  */
 
 // Base directory for packages in the monorepo
@@ -19,8 +28,8 @@ const packagesDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), '..', 'packages');
 
 // Get the command-line argument to determine action
 const action = process.argv[2];
-const enableLinking = action === 'enable';
-const disableLinking = action === 'disable';
+const enableLinking = ['enable', 'link', '1', 'true', undefined].includes(action);
+const disableLinking = ['disable', 'unlink', '0', 'false'].includes(action);
 
 // Helper function to enable linked exports
 function enableLinkedExports(packageJsonPath) {
diff --git a/scripts/unlink.js b/scripts/unlink.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2191598411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/unlink.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-console -- disable console.log */
+import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+
+const child = spawn('node', ['scripts/link', 'unlink']);
+
+child.stdout.on('data', data => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef -- disable no-undef
+  console.log(data.toString());
+});