The Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى[geˈneːˈmɑsˤri,ˈɡeni-]; abbreviations: £,[3][4]E£,[5]£E,[6]LE,[7] or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code: EGP) is the official currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or qirsh (قرش[ʔerʃ]; pluralقروش[ʔʊˈruːʃ];[8] abbreviation: PT (short for "piastre tarif")[9]), or 1,000 milliemes (مليم[mælˈliːm]; French: millième, abbreviated to m or mill), but milliemes are no longer used.
The new 10- and 20-pound notes are made out of polymer plastic paper as of July 6, 2022.
A contemporary E£1 coin in 2010.
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The Egyptianpound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى [geˈneː ˈmɑsˤri, ˈɡeni-]; abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code: EGP)...
The same symbol is used for other currencies called pound, such as the Egyptian and Syrian pounds. The sign may be drawn with one or two bars depending...
administration. The official currency was the Egyptianpound, which had been first introduced into Egypt in 1834, but several other currencies were legal...
distinct Sudanese currency (the Sudanese pound) was created, replacing the Egyptianpound at par. The Egyptianpound was subdivided into 100 piastres (Arabic:...
committee. Since 2022, Egypt was in the midst of an economic crisis, including record high inflation causing the Egyptianpound to lose nearly half its...
dollar equals E£7.83. On 3 November 2016, the Egyptian government announced that it would float the Egyptianpound in an effort to revive its economy, which...
resources and stress the economy. In 2022, the Egyptian economy entered an ongoing crisis, the Egyptianpound was one of the worst performing currencies,...
World War I, the Turkish pound was the currency used in the area. In 1918, after the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the Egyptianpound was used. Upon gaining...
electricity. January 15 – Clashes occur on the Egyptian-Israeli border after 20 armed men arrive at the Egyptian side, prompting the Israel Defence Forces...
This is a list of governorates of Egypt by GDP and GDP per capita. The Egyptianpound (EGP) has been converted to the international dollar using the IMF's...
Ottoman pound was its main currency. Following the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the placing of Syria under a mandate (French occupation), the Egyptian pound...
widely accepted; while in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli new sheqel and Egyptianpound are widely accepted. "African Studies Center| African Languages at Penn"...
Riyals began. In 1836, the Egyptianpound was first introduced and it became open for public use. The bank floated the Egyptianpound during the morning of...
the Egypt–Libya border. The currency of Egypt is the Egyptianpound (E£ or ج.م – abbreviated to "LE" or "L.E." – livre égyptienne, "Egyptianpound" in...
khedivate, the standard form of Egyptian currency was the Egyptianpound. Because of the gradual European domination of the Egyptian economy, the khedivate adopted...
conscription of about 500,000 Egyptian fellahin into the Egyptian Labour Corps and the Egyptian Camel Transport Corps in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, and...
Bank the Jordanian dinar is widely accepted and in the Gaza Strip the Egyptianpound is often used. www.20min.ch, www 20minuten ch, 20 Minuten, 20 Min (27...
piastre 1⁄100 of the Egyptianpound 1⁄100 of the Jordanian dinar 1⁄100 of the Lebanese pound 1⁄100 of the South Sudanese pound (spelled "piaster") 1⁄100...
Palestine pound at par with the pound sterling was introduced in the mandate territories of Palestine and Transjordan to replace the Turkish and Egyptian currencies...
Caucasus. The region is separated from Africa by the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, and separated from Europe by the waterways of the Turkish Straits and the...
UAR. In Syria, opposition to union with Egypt mounted. Syrian Army officers resented being subordinate to Egyptian officers, and Syrian Bedouin tribes received...
the grace of the Egyptian authorities. Taking advantage of the new government's dependence on them for funds and protection, the Egyptian paymasters manipulated...
Kingdom of Egypt (Arabic: المملكة المصرية, romanized: Al-Mamlaka Al-Miṣreyya, lit. 'The Egyptian Kingdom') was the legal form of the Egyptian state during...
originated from the mark employed to denote the Spanish dollar, whereas the pound and lira symbols evolved from the letter L (written until the seventeenth...
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