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The lira or pound [a] is the currency of Lebanon.It was formerly divided into 100 piastres (or qirsh in Arabic) but, because of high inflation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), subunits were discontinued.
During the Lebanese Civil War, the Lebanese pound was severely devalued. [1] After the war, which ended in 1990, the Lebanese government pegged the pound to the United States dollar at an official exchange rate of 1,507 pounds per dollar to stabilize its currency. [2]
Lebanon's national currency, the Lebanese pound is pegged to the US dollar at £L15,000 to US$1. This fixed rate has been unstable due to the depreciating value of the pound in the black market. According to reports, the pound was trading at £L8,100 to US$1 in 2019 on the black market.
Lebanon: Lebanese pound: LL LBP Piastre: 100 Lesotho: Lesotho loti: L or M (pl.) LSL Sente: 100 South African rand: R ZAR Cent: 100 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Falkland Islands pound £ FKP Penny: 100 Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 Liberia: Liberian dollar $ LRD Cent: 100 United States dollar $ USD Cent: 100 Libya: Libyan dinar ...
Fixed currency Anchor currency Rate (anchor / fixed) Abkhazian apsar: Russian ruble: 0.1 Alderney pound (only coins) [1]: Pound sterling: 1 Aruban florin: U.S. dollar: 1.79
Users on social media took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris after the Democratic nominee took to X to pledge millions of dollars in aid for Lebanon at the same time residents of North Carolina ...
Currency substitution is the use of a foreign currency in parallel to or instead of a domestic currency. [1]Currency substitution can be full or partial. Full currency substitution can occur after a major economic crisis, such as in Ecuador, El Salvador, and Zimbabwe.
Egyptian pound: EGP Egypt £E or ج.م or L.E. Lebanese pound [10] LBP Lebanon £L and ل.ل [10] [11] Sudanese pound: SDG Sudan: SDG or ج.س Syrian pound [12] SYP Syria £S [13] Omani rial [14] OMR Oman: ر.ع [15] Qatari riyal [16] QAR Qatar: ر.ق [17] Saudi riyal [18] SAR Saudi Arabia: SR [19] Yemeni rial [20] YER Yemen ﷼ [21] Israeli ...