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Definitions of piaster in various dictionaries:
noun - a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
noun - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
A unit of currency in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria.
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| a monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to one hundredth of a pound. |
| A monetary unit of several Middle Eastern countries, equal to one hundredth of a pound. |
| See Table at currency. |
| Piece of eight. |
| a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria |
| 100 kurus equal 1 lira |
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The piastre or piaster (English: ) is any of a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for "thin metal plate". The name was applied to Spanish and Hispanic American pieces of eight, or pesos, by 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 which had been introduced by the Spanish at Manila, and by the Portuguese at Malacca. When the French colonised Indochina, they began issuing the new French Indochinese piastre (piastre de commerce), which was equal in value to the familiar Spanish and Mexican pesos. * 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 abou |