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EGYPTIAN MONEY.


Egyptian Value. Systematic Name. English Value
  1 Millième =¼d.
10 Millièmes 1 Piastre or Qirsh =2½d.
ARABIC NAME
Egyptian
Money
English
Money.
American
Money.
  Piastres. Mill'mes. £ s. d. Dols. Cents
Gold Coins.              
Giney Masri (the) Egyptian pound) 100 1000 1 0 6 5
Nuss Giney 50 500 10 3 2 50
Silver Coins.              
Riyāl Masri 20 200 4 1 1
Nuss Riyal 10 100 2 35 50
Rub' a Riyal 5 50 1 3/10 25
Qirsheyn 2 20 5 5
Qirsh (Piastre) 1 10 5
Nickel Coins.              
Nuss Qirsh ½ 5 12 1
2 Millièmes 210 2 ½ 1
1 Millième 110 1 ¼ ½

There are Copper pieces of ½ and ¼ Millième (2-Para and 1-Para pieces); these are used only by the very poor.

Note.—English tourists are recommended to have their credit notes cashed in English Gold. The following are valued as under:—

  Piastres. Milliemes.
The English Sovereign (£1) = 97.5
The French Napoleon (20f.) = 77.1½

William Brown & Co., Ltd., St. Mary Axe, London, E.C.