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  2. Kuruş - Wikipedia

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    In 1844, the Turkish gold lira was introduced as the new standard denomination. It was divided into 100 silver kuruş and the kuruş continued to circulate until the 1970s. Kuruş eventually became obsolete due to the chronic inflation in Turkey in the late 1970s. A currency reform on 1 January 2005 provided its return as 1 ⁄ 100 of the new lira.

  3. Piastre - Wikipedia

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    Calling the US dollar a piastre is still common among speakers of Cajun French and New England French. Modern French uses dollar for this unit of currency as well. The term is still used as slang for US dollars in the French-speaking Caribbean islands, most notably Haiti. Piastre is another name for kuruş, 1 ⁄ 100 of the Turkish lira.

  4. Turkish lira - Wikipedia

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    The Turkish lira partially recovered in early 2021 with the government's increase in interest rates. However, the currency began to crash due to inflation and depreciation starting on 21 March 2021, after the sacking of Central Bank chief Naci Ağbal. The Turkish lira reached a then-all-time-low of ₺8.8 to the dollar on 4 June.

  5. Revaluation of the Turkish lira - Wikipedia

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    The new Turkish lira (Turkish: Yeni Türk Lirası) was the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008 which was a transition period for the removal of six zeroes from the currency. [1] The new lira was subdivided into 100 new kuruş (yeni kuruş).

  6. Lira - Wikipedia

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    For the Turkish lira, the Turkish lira sign (U+20BA ₺ TURKISH LIRA SIGN) is used. The Lebanese lira uses £L (before numerals) or L.L. (after numerals) in Latin and ل.ل. in Arabic. The Syrian lira uses £S (before numerals) or L.S. (after numerals) in Latin and ل.س in Arabic.

  7. Turkish economic crisis (2018–current) - Wikipedia

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    The next day, the lira touched an all-time low of 4.98 lira for a US dollar. [106] Two days later, the lira recorded its biggest weekly slump in almost a decade. The benchmark Borsa Istanbul 100 Index fell the most since the foiled coup in 2016, with the selloff dragging price-to-estimated earnings valuations to the lowest in more than nine years.

  8. Ottoman lira - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman lira replaced the piastre (Turkish: kuruş) as the principal unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire, with the piastre continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 piastres = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 piastre.

  9. Redenomination - Wikipedia

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    Turkish new lira = 1 million old lira: 2005 "new" is an official designation and was dropped in 2009. New Taiwan dollar = 40 000 old dollars: 1949 "new" is an official designation and is still used in official documents today. Argentine austral = 1 000 Peso argentino: 1985 completely new name Yugoslav 1993 dinar = 1 million 1992 dinara 1993