Unreferenced date July 2010 Image French Indochina 100 Piastres.png thumb right 275px A 100 piastre note from French Indochina , circa 1954. Image French Indochina Piastre 1885.jpg thumb 275px French Indochina Piastre 1885 The piastre or piaster refers to a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for thin metal plate . The name was applied to Spanish and Latin American pieces of eight , or peso s, by Venice Venetian traders in the Levant in the 16th century. These pesos, minted continually for centuries, were readily accepted by traders in many parts of the world. After the countries of Latin America had gained independence, pesos of Mexico began flowing in through the trade routes, and became prolific in the Far East , taking the place of the Spanish pieces of eight ... piastrepiastre de commerce , which was equal in value to the familiar Spanish and Mexican peso s. In the Ottoman Empire , successive currency reforms had reduced the value of the Ottoman piastre by the late 19th century so as to be worth about two pence 2d sterling . Hence the name piastre ... , and Egyptian pound Egyptian pounds. Meanwhile, in Indo China, the piastre continued into the 1950s ... in Cambodia , Laos , and Vietnam respectively. As a main unit French Indochinese piastre Ottoman Turkish piastre As a sub unit 1 100 of the Egyptian pound 1 100 of the Jordanian dinar 1 100 of the Lebanese ... . Piastre was also the original French word for the United States dollar, used for example in the French text of the Louisiana Purchase . Calling the US dollar a piastre is still common in Cajun French ... dollars in the French speaking Caribbean islands, most notably Haiti. Piastre is another name for kuru , 1 100 of the Turkish new lira , as well as the Turkish lira old lira . The piastre is still ... The term piastre is used in the game Resort World Facebook Resort World on Facebook . It is a currency ... es Piastra eo Piastro fr Piastre it Piastra moneta lt Piastras ja nds Piaster pl Piastr pt Piastra ... more details
pp move indef small yes The piastre lang ar qirsh , , pronounced irsh was the currency of Egypt until 1834. It was subdivided into 40 para currency para , each of 3 akce ak e . History The piastre was based on the Turkish kuru , introduced while Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire . As in Turkey, debasement lead to the piastre falling significantly in value. In 1834, the Egyptian pound pound , or gineih Arabic was introduced as the chief unit of currency, worth 100 piastre. The piastre continues in use to the present day as a subdivision of the pound. Coins In the early 19th century, Billon alloy billon coins in denominations of 1 ak e, 1, 5, 10 and 20 para, and 1 qirsh were in circulation, along with gold coins denominated as , , 1, 2 and 3 mahbub . References refbegin numis cite SCWC date 1991 refend External links Category History of Egypt Category Economy of Egypt Category Modern obsolete currencies Category Currencies of Africa Category 1834 disestablishments ... more details
100 piastre riel, 1954 image 2 French Indochina Piastre 1885.jpg image title 2 French Indochina Piastre 1885 using countries flag French Indochina subunit ratio 1 1 100 subunit name 1 cent symbol p used coins , , 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents 1 piastre used banknotes 10, 20, 50 cents, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 piastres issuing authority Banque de l Indochine obsolete notice Y The piastre de commerce ... of 5 sapeque . The name piastre , from Spanish Spanish dollar pieces of eight peso s , dates to the 16th ... and Tonkin Tonkin China . The following year, in 1885, the French introduced a new silver Piastre ... in order to increase monetary stability. The piastre was initially equivalent to the Mexican peso . The piastre was therefore a direct lineal descendent of the Spanish pieces of eight that had ... of 1 piastre 24.4935 grams pure silver. This was reduced to 24.3 grams in 1895. French Indo China was one of the last places to abandon the silver standard . The piastre remained on the silver ... standard was restored in 1921 and maintained until 1930, when the piastre was pegged to the franc at a rate of 1 piastre 10 francs. During the World War II Japan ese occupation, an exchange rate of 0.976 piastre 1 Japanese yen operated, with the pre war peg to the franc restored after the war. However, in December 1945, to avoid the French francs devaluation, the peg was changed to 1 piastre 17 francs. In 1946, the North Vietnamese ng was introduced, which replaced the piastre at par ... at par with the piastre. Initially, the paper money bearing denominations both in the local currency and the piastre, but coins were denominated in the national units since the beginning. These initially circulated alongside the old piastre currency. The peg of 1 piastre 10 francs was restored in 1953 ... 1 cent and silver 10, 20 and 50 cent and 1 piastre coins were introduced. These were followed in 1887 ... were introduced, followed by unholed aluminium 5 cent and cupro nickel 1 piastre coins. The last piastre ... more details
Infobox Currency currency name in local Franc image 1 Cambodia 2 Francs 1860.jpg image title 1 2 Francs 1860 using countries Cambodia subunit ratio 1 1 100 subunit name 1 centime superunit ratio 1 5.37 superunit name 1 piastre rarely used coins 1, 5, 10, 25, 50 centimes, 1, 2, 4 francs, 1 piastre The franc was the currency of Cambodia between 1875 and 1885. It was equal to the French franc and was similarly subdivided into 100 centime s . It circulated alongside the piastre equal to the Mexican peso with 1 piastre 5.37 francs. It replaced the Cambodian tical tical and was replaced by the French Indochinese piastre piastre . No paper money was issued. Coins Coins were issued in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 centimes, 1, 2 and 4 francs and 1 piastre. The 5 and 10 centimes were struck in bronze, with the remaining pieces in silver. All the coins were dated 1860 but were minted mostly in Belgium in 1875. They all bear the portrait of King Norodom of Cambodia Norodom . In about 1900, some of the silver coins were restruck but at approximately 15 reduced weights. See also French Indochinese piastre References refbegin Jean Lecompte 2000 Monnaies et Jetons des Colonies Fran aises. ISBN 2 906602 16 7 numis cite SCWC date 1991 numis cite SCWPM date 1994 refend External links http art hanoi.com collection iccoins norodom.html Cambodian Coins of Norodom I http www.artofangkor.com ccc Cambodian Currency Collection Depicts every banknote issued by National Bank of Cambodia Franc state collapsed Category Currencies of Cambodia Category Modern obsolete currencies Category Economic history of Cambodia Category 1875 establishments Category 1885 disestablishments Category 19th century in economics el es Franco camboyano fr Franc cambodgien it Franco cambogiano ... more details
The piastra is a historical currency used in some parts of what became Italy before unification in the 19th century. For more information, see Neapolitan piastra Sicilian piastra Two Sicilies piastra Italian Board, Plate See also piastre . disambig Category Modern obsolete currencies Category Currencies of Italy pt Piastra ... more details
2009 12 24 ref subunit ratio 1 1 100 subunit ratio 2 1 1,000 subunit name 1 Piastre , Qirsh subunit ... . It is divided into 100 piastre, or qirsh lang ar IPA arz o u , e u , singular ... as the gineih , was introduced, replacing the Egyptian piastre qirsh as the chief unit of currency. The piastre continued to circulate as frac 100 of a pound, with the piastre subdivided into 40 para. In 1885, the para ceased to be issued, and the piastre was divided into tenths lang ar ... and 1836, copper 1 and 5 Para currency para , silver 10 and 20 para, 1, 5, 10 and 20 piastre, gold 5, 10 and 20 piastre and 1 pound coins were introduced, with gold 50 piastre coins following in 1839. 1 Para frac 40 Piastre . Copper 10 para coins were introduced in 1853, although the silver coin ... para and 2 frac 2 piastre coins in 1863. Gold 25 piastre coins were introduced in 1867. In 1885, a new ..., 10 and 20 piastre coins. The gold coinage practically ceased, with only small numbers of 5 and 10 piastre coins issued. In 1916 and 1917, a new base metal coinage was introduced consisting of bronze frac 2 millieme and holed, cupro nickel 1, 2, 5 and 10 millieme coins. Silver 2, 5, 10 and 20 piastre ..., the gold coinage was extended to include 20 and 50 piastre and 1 and 5 pound coins. In 1924 ..., hexagonal 2 piastre coins. Between 1954 and 1956, a new coinage was introduced, consisting of aluminium bronze 1, 5 and 10 millieme and silver 5, 10 and 20 piastre coins, with the size of the silver ... coinage was abandoned and cupro nickel 5 and 10 piastre coins were introduced. Aluminium replaced ... millieme coins in 1973. Aluminium bronze 2 piastre and cupro nickel 20 piastre coins were introduced in 1980, followed by aluminium bronze 1 and 5 piastre coins in 1984. In 1992, brass 5 and 10 piastre coins were introduced, followed by holed, cupro nickel 25 piastre coins in 1993. The size of 5 piastre coins was reduced in 2004, 10 and 25 piastre coins in 2008. On June 1, 2006, 50 piastre and 1 ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Garibi or Garipler were one of the four subdivisions of Sipahi Kapikulu Sipahi cavalry in the Ottoman Army. Numbering about 1,000, originally they were not devshirmeh like janissaries, or Turkic landowners like the rest of Kapikulu Sipahis . Instead, they were generally Turks , Moors , or renegade Christians, who having followed adventures, and being poor and seeking fortune, arrived at the rank of horse guards to the sultan . Their pay was 12 asper s about one tenth of a piastre per day. But in classical period, the name became almost symbolic and most of the garibs became recruited from sons of Turkish aristocrats and high ranking officers, like the most of the Kapikulu Sipahis. The word garibii signifies poor , and stranger . 1728 Category Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire ... more details
Expand French Affaire des piastres date February 2009 Image French Indochina 100 Piastres.png thumb 200px 100 piastres, French Indochina circa 1954 The Piastres Affair also known as Piastres Scandal and Piastres Trade l affaire des piastres , le scandale des piastres , or le trafic de pistres was a financial political scandal of the French Fourth Republic that broke out in 1950 during the First Indochina War . See also French Indochinese piastre Generals Affair Henri Martin Affair First Indochina War French political scandals Category Military history of France Category Political scandals in France Category French Fourth Republic Category 1950 in France France stub fr Affaire des piastres ... more details
The rial also called the rial sebili or piastre in French language French was the currency of Tunis until 1891. It was subdivided into 16 kharub caroub , each of 13 fals burbe . The fals was further subdivided into 6 qafsi burben . The nasri asper was worth 2 fals. The denomination was often either not given on coins or only indicated by a numeral. Some rial denominated coins have a numeral over the Arabic letter r, . History The rial was issued by the Ottoman rulers of Tunis. Although known as the piastre by Europeans, it was not equal to the Turkish kuru , also known as the piastre. From 1855, the rial was on a bimetallic standard of 1 rial 0.17716 grams pure gold or 2.7873 grams pure silver. In 1887, the gold content of the 25 rial coin was slightly reduced to make it equivalent to 15 French franc s. In 1891, this conversion rate more conveniently expressed as 1 rial 60 centimes was used when the Tunisian franc replaced the rial. Coins In the early 19th century, copper 1 fals coins were issued, together with billon 1 nasri, 1, 2, 4 and 8 kharub, 1 and 2 rial, and gold sultani . A new coinage was introduced in 1847, consisting of copper 1 fals, 1 nasri, and 1 kharub and silver 2 and 5 rial denominations. Between 1856 and 1858, copper coins for 3, 6 and 13 nasri were issued along with silver 2, 4 and 8 kharub, 1, 3 and 4 rial, and gold 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 80 and 100 rial. The gold coins were initially struck in pure gold, later reduced to .900 fineness, with the 20, 40 and 80 rial denominations short lived. The 6 and 13 nasri coins were later overstamped with the Arabic numerals 1 and 2 and to indicate that they were to circulate as 1 and 2 kharub coins, an increase in value of nasri for the 6 nasri coin. In 1864, a new copper coinage was introduced in denominations of , , 1, 2, 4, 8 kharub. Silver 8 kharub and gold 5 rial were also introduced. In 1887, the slightly smaller 25 rial coins were introduced see above , with the additional inscription 15 F to indicate ... more details
notes dual degnominated in French Indochinese piastrepiastre and kip. At the same time, the two ... Indochina currency French Indochinese piastre reason independence ratio at par note piastre not used ... notes dual denominated in piastre and kip were used until 1957 n after currency Pathet Lao ... more details
Image Stamp French PO Crete 3c.jpg right 120px thumb 3 centime Type Blanc , used in May 1908 The French post offices in Crete were among a collection of post office s maintained by foreign countries during the 1900s in Crete , after Crete had broken away from the Ottoman Empire and before it united with Greece , in 1913. France issued postage stamp s for its offices in Crete in 1902 and 1903. The first set included 15 values, from one centime to five franc s, consisting of the design of the French stamps of 1900, modified to be inscribed CRETE . This was only a partial solution, since the local currency was still in piastre s, and so in 1903 the post offices issued five of the larger values overprint surcharged with values from one to twenty piastres. Sources Stanley Gibbons Ltd various catalogues http www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk stampsite home.html Encyclopaedia of Postal History Stuart Rossiter Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas . London Macdonald, 1986. ISBN 0356108627 PostalhistoryEurope philately stub Category Postage stamps of France Category History of France Category Cretan State Category Philately of Greece br Timbro Kreta Burevio gall fr Bureaux de poste fran ais en Cr te ru tr Girit teki Frans z postaneleri ... more details
Image Tien.jpg thumb 276px 1 ti n br Thi u Tr 1841 1847 Refimprove date November 2007 The ti n H n t Wiktionary was a currency used in Vietnam during the 19th and 20th centuries. The name is a cognate with the Standard Mandarin Chinese qi n , a unit of weight called Mace measurement mace in English. In the early 19th century, silver and gold bars were traded as currency in Nguy n Dynasty imperial Vietnam with values of up to 10 ti n approximately 40 gram s, or 1 tael . Bars of 1 ti n weighed between 3 and 4 grams. During this time, silver and gold coins were minted using Vietnamese characters and design, but of types resembling either cash Chinese coin Chinese cash or Western coins with denominations of up to 10 ti n being minted. These coins continued to be minted in varying quantities into the 20th century in French Indochina , although circulating alongside the French Indochinese piastre . External links http art hanoi.com collection annam silver.html Vietnamese imperial coinage http www.viettouch.com numis ancient coins fs.html Descriptions of Vietnamese imperial coinage in Vietnamese DEFAULTSORT Tien Category Currencies of Vietnam Category Modern obsolete currencies money stub ... more details
at a rate of one to 180 Turkish piastre s. It remained equal in value to the pound sterling until .... The piastre was itself divided into 40 para like the kuru . The para denomination did not appear ... mill currency mils , mil to the pound. Colloquially, the 5 mil coin was known as a piastre not an exact ... pound Predecimal In 1879, copper coins were introduced in denominations of , , and 1 piastre. The Greek ... ten , referring to its equivalence to 10 para. The Greek name for the piastre coin was ikosara .... The piastre was last struck in 1926. In 1934, scalloped shaped and 1 piastre coins were introduced ... the silver coins. The last piastre and shilling coins were issued in 1949. Decimal mils In 1955 ... more details
du Vietnam issued notes dual denominated in French Indochinese piastrepiastre and riel with the riel being at par with the piastre. ref http mongkol.wordpress.com 2007 10 18 a brief history of cambodian ... kip in Laos . The piastre itself was derived from Spanish pieces of eight peso s . The riel was at first ... sen . For the first few years, the riel and piastre circulated alongside each other. Indeed, the first ... currency French Indochinese piastre reason independence ratio at par note piastre not used in self ... notes dual denominated in piastre and riel were used until 1955 n currency location Khmer Republic ... more details
piastre s, and Egyptian piastre s gradually gave way to systems based on units of the sterling system ... in Egypt in the nineteenth century, Egypt was using a monetary unit known as the piastre , or Qirsh ... equal to one hundred piastre s. The Egyptian pound, however, has never been exactly equal ... The British introduced the Cyprus pound in 1879 to be equal to 180 Turkish piastre s. Cyprus then became ... sterling coinage. However, the 9 piastre coin corresponded exactly to the British shilling and this coin ... piastre coin corresponded to the British Two shillings British coin florin , and at one stage in the late ... more details
Image Stamp Alaouites 1925 4pi.jpg right 120px thumb 4 piastre overprint on 85 centime Sower of France The Alawite State or the Alaouites Fr. is located between Hatay Province Hatay and the Lebanon. Geographically within Syria, Alawi was administered under a French mandate between 1920 and 1930 and as the Sanjak of Latakia from 1930. ref name ross Stuart Rossiter Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas . London Macdonald, 1986, p.219. ISBN 0356108627 ref From 5 December 1936 effective in 1937 it was fully incorporated into Syria . France never designed postage stamp s specifically for Alawite. There was an initial period in which Syrian stamps were used, inevitably causing accounting difficulties between the Alawite and Syrian postal services. In 1925, French stamps were overprint ed ALAOUITES followed by a denomination in piastre s French stamps being denominated in francs and this was followed by the same information in Arabic. Later between 1925 and 1930, similar overprints were used on stamps of Syria. Airmail overprints included the word AVION and after 1926 a picture of a monoplane. Image Stamp Alaouites 1926 10pi air.jpg right 200px thumb A double overprint an airplane indicating airmail on ALAOUITES on 10 piastre stamp of Syria References Reflist Sources Stanley Gibbons Ltd various catalogues http www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk stampsite alpha a aaal.html a023 Encyclopaedia of Postal History philately stub PostalhistoryAsia Category French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon Category Latakia Category Philately by country Alawite State Category Philately of Syria br Timbro Tiriad an Alawited ru tr Alavi Devleti nin posta tarihi ve posta pullar ... more details
Almondseed and Almondella is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece . ref Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece , p 189, University of Chicago Press , Chicago and London, 1970 ref It is Aarne Thompson type 1641 Doctor Know All. ref Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece , p 246, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970 ref Other tales of this type are Doctor Know all and The Charcoal Burner . Synopsis A poor man sees a black hen, tied to the weaver s, and hears a woman calling for help because her black hen has been stolen. He pretends to learn where it is by reading in a book, and she gives him two piastre s. He decides to become a Clairvoyance seer . One day, the king s servants come, asking whether the queen will have a boy or a girl the seer reads through his book, muttering Boy, girl, boy, girl... until they tire of it and leave. The queen has twins, a boy and a girl, and the servants tell the king. The king, whose coffer has been stolen, sends for the seer to learn about the theft. In a room, he asks for almonds the first night, he says, This is the first , meaning the first night, but one of three thieves is eavesdropping and thinks it means him. He runs to his confederates. The second one arrives the next night, and when the seer says, The second has come , meaning the night, the thief takes it to mean him. When the third thief hears him the third night, they beg for mercy and show him where they have hid the coffer. The seer presents it to the king. They then walk in the garden, where the king picks an almond from a tree and asks the seer what he has in his hand. The seer s name is Almondseed, and his wife is Almondella. He speaks of Almondsell, whom Almondella let fall into the king s hand, but the king takes it for the almond and its tree, and gives him gold. References reflist Category Greek fairy tales ... more details
Infobox Television show name Lebet El Hayat image Image Deal or no deal Egypt.jpg 300px The logo format Game show camera runtime 50 minutes with commercials creator presenter Razan Maghrebi starring narrated country Egypt rating network Al Hayat TV picture format SDTV first aired August 24, 2009 last aired present num episodes website Lebet el Hayat , literally translated as Game of Life , the Egypt ian version of the Deal or No Deal format, airs on Al Hayat TV. It premiered on August 24, 2009 and is broadcast as a Monday prime time show. The host is the Lebanon Lebanese actress Razan Maghrebi. The top prize was originally EGP 250,000 about US 44,000 and was doubled later. There are 22 boxes containing prizes from Egyptian pound EGP 500,000 about US 87,000 to 1 piastre. There are three top prize winners, two won EGP 250,000 and one won EGP 500,000. Box Values class wikitable Left Side Right Side bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 1,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 0.01 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 2,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 0.50 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 3,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 1 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 5,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 5 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 10,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 10 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 15,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 25 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 25,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 50 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 50,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 100 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 100,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 150 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 250,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 250 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 500,000 bgcolor FBEC5D EGP 500 References http www.youm7.com News.asp?NewsID 126333 In Arabic Deal or No Deal Category Deal or No Deal Category 2009 television series debuts game tv prog stub ar ... more details
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