Piastre synonyms

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kurus
A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Turkish lira.
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piaster
Piece of eight.
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Piastre Sentence Examples

  • The silver coins were of 20, 10, 5, 2, I and 2 piastre in value, the 20-piastre piece weighing 24.055 grammes, .830 fine.

  • The coinage formerly was the caroub and piastre (the latter worth about 6d.), but in 1891 the French reformed the coinage, substituting the franc as a unit, and having the money minted at Paris.

  • The copper money was in pieces of a nominal value of 40, 20, TO, 5 and i paras, 40 paras being equal to 1 piastre.

  • The one piastre piece is worth a fraction over 24d.

  • The fff of a piastre is popularly called a para and the native population generally reckon in paras.

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