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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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