- 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...
- The
piastre de
commerce ("trade
piastre") was the
currency of
French Indochina between 1887 and 1954. It was
first used in 1885. It was
subdivided into...
- The
piastre (Egyptian: ersh, قرش) was the
currency of
Egypt until 1834. It was
subdivided into 40 para, each of 3 akçe. The
piastre was
based on the Turkish...
- Egypt. It is
divided into 100
piastres, or
qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ];
plural قروش [ʔʊˈruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT (short for "
piastre tarif")) and was historically...
-
Piastres affair, also
known as
Piastres scandal or
Piastres trade (French: l'affaire des
piastres, le
scandale des
piastres, or le
trafic de
piastres)...
- into 100 centimes. It
replaced the
tical and was
replaced by the
piastre. The
piastre was
introduced in
French Indochina in 1885 at par with the Spanish-American...
- the
Latin alphabet. In
European languages, the kuruş was
known as the
piastre.
Today the kuruş (pl. kuruşlar) is a
Turkish currency subunit, with one...
-
listed separately. One jiao
equals ten fen. One
piastre equals ten fulūs and one
dirham equals 10
piastres. Four
currencies circulate in the
partially recognized...
- The
Decaen piastre was a coin that
Governor Decaen had
minted at Île of
France in 1810. He
entrusted the
coining to the
artist "sieur Aveline", who designed...
-
pound sterling, and
replaced Turkish currency at a rate of £C 1 to 180
piastres. The
Cypriot pound was
initially divided into 20
shillings (σελίνι / σελίνια...
