The piastre or piaster (English: /piˈæstər/) is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The...
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The piastre de commerce ("trade piastre") was the currency of French Indochina between 1887 and 1954. It was first used in 1885. It was subdivided into...
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The piastre (Egyptian: ersh, قرش) was the currency of Egypt until 1834. It was subdivided into 40 para, each of 3 akçe. The piastre was based on the Turkish...
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Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ]; plural قروش [ʔʊˈruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT (short for "piastre tarif")) and was historically...
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Cambodian riel (section French Indochinese piastre)
into 100 centimes. It replaced the tical and was replaced by the piastre. The piastre was introduced in French Indochina in 1885 at par with the Spanish-American...
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Piastres affair, also known as Piastres scandal or Piastres trade (French: l'affaire des piastres, le scandale des piastres, or le trafic de piastres)...
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listed separately. One jiao equals ten fen. One piastre equals ten fulūs and one dirham equals 10 piastres. Four currencies circulate in the partially recognized...
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Lebanese piastre – Lebanon Libyan piastre – Libya Ottoman Turkish piastre – Ottoman Empire Sudanese piastre Syrian piastre – Syria Turkish piastre – Turkey...
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Kuruş (redirect from Ottoman Turkish Piastres)
the Latin alphabet. In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre. Today the kuruş (pl. kuruşlar) is a Turkish currency subunit, with one...
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reintroduced in 1955, replacing the French Indochinese piastre at par. The kip (also called a piastre in French) was sub-divided into 100 att (Lao: ອັດ) or...
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