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In 1885, Egypt went into a purely gold standard, and the Egyptian pound unit, known as the juneih, was introduced at E£1 = 7.4375 grammes of fine gold. This unit was chosen on the basis of the gold content in the British gold sovereign and maintaining the exchange value of 97.5 piastres to the pound sterling, and it replaced the Egyptian ...
However, in 1956 the Sudan became independent, and on 8 April 1957, the Egyptian pound was replaced at par with the Sudanese pound. During the 1960s, the Sudanese pound diverged in value from the Egyptian pound, and from 30 December 1969 through until 21 September 1971, the Sudanese pound was pegged at 1:1 parity with the pound sterling.
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
4.5 Indian Rupee as exchange rate anchor. 4.6 Other. 5 Stabilized arrangement. Toggle Stabilized arrangement subsection. ... Egypt ; Crawling peg (3)
Bermudian pound – Bermuda; Biafran pound – Biafra; British West African pound – Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone; Canadian pound – Canada; Connecticut pound – Connecticut; Cypriot pound – Cyprus, Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Delaware pound – Delaware; Egyptian pound – Egypt; Falkland Islands pound ...
A different trend was seen when the predominant foreign power relationship changed, causing a change in the currency: the East African rupee (from long-term trade with Arabia and India) was replaced by the East African shilling after the British became the predominant power in the region.
This includes fractional units that have no physical form but are recognized by the issuing state, such as the United States mill, [A] the Egyptian millieme, [B] and the Japanese rin. [ C ] Currencies used by non-state entities, like the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , scrips used by private entities, and other private , virtual , and ...
The official currency of Egypt is the Egyptian pound (EGP). The motifs used are: Denomination Obverse ... PKR 10: Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Entrance to the Khyber Pass, ...