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Egypt / Travel
Information / Currency
Modern Egyptian
currency (specifically paper money) ranges from the 25 Piastres
(quarter pound note) up to a 1,000 pound note. Unlike, for example,
American bills, Egyptian currency is not the same size. The smaller
the note denomination, the smaller its physical size.
Egyptian
coins duplicate the value of some of the Egyptian bills. There
are 25 Piastres and 50 Piastres coins, but because of this duplication,
many establishments in Egypt rarely have coins. In fact, the value
of 25 Piastres is so small that they are often difficult to find
in either coin or bill, and businesses often round up the price
of merchandise to the nearest pound.
Egyptian
money is both colorful, and attractively designed. Here, we present
scans of bills between 25 Piastres and 100 pounds (L.E.)
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