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Successive currency reforms by debasing the Ottoman currency had reduced the value of the Ottoman piastre by the late 19th century so as to be worth about two pence (2d) sterling. Hence the name piastre referred to two distinct kinds of coins in two distinct parts of the world, both of which had descended from the Spanish pieces of eight.
The piastre was based on the Turkish kuruş, introduced while Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire. As in Turkey, debasement lead to the piastre falling significantly in value. In 1834, the pound, or gineih (Arabic), was introduced as the chief unit of currency, worth 100 piastre. The piastre continues in use to the present day as a subdivision ...
The currency of French Indochina was divided into the piastre, cent / centime, and sapèque units. One piastre equals 100 cents and one cent equals between 2 and 6 sapèques depending on the dynasty and reign era. [1] According to that ratio, a French Indochinese piastre coin is worth from 200 to 600 traditional Vietnamese cash coins. [1]
The historical value of one US dollar in Egyptian currency from 1789 to 2020. Figures prior to 1834, the year the pound was introduced, indicate multiples of 100 piastres. This table shows the historical value of US$1 in Egyptian currency (piastres prior to 1834, pounds thenceforth):
The piastre itself was derived from Spanish pieces of eight . The riel was at first subdivided into 100 centimes (abbreviated to cent. on the coins) but this changed in 1959 to 100 sen (សេន). For the first few years, the riel and piastre circulated alongside each other. The first riel banknotes were also denominated in piastres.
In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in English. [3] English-language publications used "£T" as the sign for the currency, [4] [5] but it is unknown whether it was ever used natively.
Jersey pound – Jersey (not an independent currency) Lebanese pound – Lebanon; Libyan pound – Libya; Lombardo-Venetian pound – Lombardy–Venetia; Luccan pound – Lucca; Luxembourgish pound – Luxembourg; Malawian pound – Malawi; Maltese pound – Malta; Manx pound – Isle of Man (not an independent currency) Maryland pound – Maryland
French Indochinese piastre Location: French Indochina Reason: independence Ratio: at par Note: piastre not used in self-declared North Vietnam since 1946: Currency of Laos 1955 – 1976 Note: transitional notes dual denominated in piastre and kip were used until 1957: Succeeded by: Pathet Lao kip Reason: inflation and new communist rule