Definition of Piaster. Meaning of Piaster. Synonyms of Piaster

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Definition of Piaster

Piaster
Piaster Pi*as"ter, n. [F. piastre, It. piastra a thin plate of metal, a dollar, LL. piastra, fr. L. emplastrum. See Plaster.] A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

Meaning of Piaster from wikipedia

- The piastre or piaster (English: /piˈæstər/) is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The...
- instead of the local piasters, so beginning in 1885, some French stamps were surcharged in piasters, at a rate of four piasters to the franc. Beginning...
- Istanbul in 1883 1888, 1 piaster overprinted, possibly used at Herakleion (Candia) 1 piaster overprinted, used at Canea in 1895 2 piasters at Rhodes in 1895...
- 1 piaster overprint on 25-centime Type Sage, used at the French Post Office, Beirut in December 1885...
- Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100  South Sudan South Sudanese pound SS£ SSP Piaster 100  Spain Euro € EUR Cent 100  Sri Lanka Sri Lankan rupee Re or Rs (pl...
- 1884 An Austrian Levant stamp with a Cretan postmark, possibly Candia 2 piaster overprint 50 ****er pair cancelled at CANEA Chania in 1901 5 centimes (issue...
- standard for the fixation of commercial values. Before the war the Turkish piaster was in full circulation, but following the military occupation of the country...
- of Egypt adopted the lira as their national currency, equivalent to 100 piasters or kuruş. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed between 1918 and 1922, many...
- the currency of the Republic of South Sudan. It is subdivided into 100 piasters. It was approved by the Southern Sudan Legislative ****embly before secession...
- misappropriating a large part of Ali's treasure. Hurshid had sent 40,000,000 piasters, with a statement that they had been found in Ali's vaults, while the Sultan's...