-
pieces of eight.
Because of the
debased values of the
piastres in the
Middle East,
these piastres became subsidiary units for the Turkish, Cypriot, and...
- 1
piastre = 17 francs. This
increased rate
created huge
financial opportunity by
exchanging piastres into
francs since the real
value of
piastres remained...
-
Piastres affair, also
known as
Piastres scandal or
Piastres trade (French: l'affaire des
piastres, le
scandale des
piastres, or le
trafic de
piastres)...
- Egypt. It is
divided into 100
piastres, or
qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ];
plural قروش [ʔo.ruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT (short for "
piastre tarif")), or 1,000 milliemes...
- 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...
- them. The
coins are of 10
livres and
dated 1810; they were
referred to as
Piastres Decaen. The
silver for the
coining came from 200 to 230,000
dollars that...
- 1885, the
Cochinchina piastre was the
currency of the
French colony of Cochinchina. It was
replaced by the
French Indochinese piastre after the creation...
- 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...
- of
Jordan since 1950. The
dinar is
divided into 100
qirsh (also
called piastres) or 1000 fulus. Fils are
effectively obsolete; however,
monetary amounts...
