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piaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kurus, piastre |
| Type of | turkish monetary unit |
piaster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | piastre |
| Type of | subunit, fractional monetary unit |
Examples of piaster
piaster
The piaster, officially valued at 118 to the dollar, draws a black-market price of 420.
From the time.com
His most significant move was to devalue the piaster-sort of.
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The 20 and 50 piaster coins are bi-metallic, with the 20 qirush yellow ringed with a silver coloured centre and the 50 qirush the opposite.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
- Kurus: 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
- The word piastre or piaster originates from the Italian for 'thin metal plate'. The name was applied to Spanish pieces of eight by Venetian traders in the Levant in the 16th century, but by the late 19th century the piastre as a coin in the Middle East had debased in value to about two pence (2d ...
- Alternative spelling of piastre
- The basic monetary unit of currency in French INDOCHINA; also spelled "piastre", with the term derived from "silver plate". ...
- Originally the name of the Spanish peso, today still legal tender in various countries, including Egypt, Yemen and Lebanon.
- The currency used in South Vietnam. 100 piasters is worth $1.15 U.S. Sometimes known just as the "p".
- The 100th part of the pound of , Sudan, Syria, or the Arab Republic of Egypt; a paper money and Monetary unit of Vietnam equal to 100 cents, the former peso, or dollar of Spain and Spanish America, also piastre.
- Vietnamese money (aka 'P')
