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Hence the Egyptian and Turkish units split from each other in value, with the Egyptian unit continuing its exchange value of 97.5 piastres to the pound sterling. 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
UAE dirham [8] AED United Arab Emirates: AED [9] Moroccan dirham: MAD Morocco: DH Djiboutian franc: DJF Djibouti: Fdj 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 ...
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
African currency was originally formed from basic items, materials, animals and even people available in the locality to create a medium of exchange. This started to change from the 17th century onwards, as European colonial powers introduced their own monetary system into the countries they invaded.
Nations in red currently use the dirham. Nations in green use a currency with a subdivision named dirham. Silver dirham of Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz 718–719 CE Silver dirham of Yazid II minted in 721–722 CE Silver dirham of Marwan II ibn Muhammad 749–745 CE Silver dirham of As-Saffah 754–758 CE Silver dirham of Al-Hadi minted in 786–787 CE in al-Haruniya Silver dirham of Al-Mu ...
The Egyptian pound is divided into 1,000 milliemes, 10 milliemes equal 1 piastre (25 piastres is the smallest currently-minted coin). The Tunisian dinar is divided into 1,000 millimes (10 millimes is the smallest currently-minted coin). The Kuwaiti dinar, Bahraini dinar, Jordanian dinar, and Iraqi dinar are divided into 1,000 fils. The smallest ...
Currency ISO 4217 code Symbol or Abbrev. [2]Proportion of daily volume Change (2019–2022) April 2019 April 2022 U.S. dollar: USD $, US$ 88.3%: 88.5%: 0.2pp Euro
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 ...