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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 | 3⁄5 | — | 50 |
Rub' a Riyal | 5 | 50 | — | 1 | 310 | — | 25 |
Qirsheyn | 2 | 20 | — | — | 5 | — | 5 |
Qirsh (Piastre) | 1 | 10 | — | — | 2½ | — | 5 |
Nickel Coins. | |||||||
Nuss Qirsh | ½ | 5 | — | — | 1⁄2 | — | 1 |
2 Millièmes | 2⁄10 | 2 | — | — | ½ | — | 1 |
1 Millième | 1⁄10 | 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.