10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIASTRE»
Discover the use of
piastre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
piastre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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2013 Standard Catalog of World Coins - 1901-2000
Obv: Crowned bust left Rev: Denomination, date at right Shape: Scalloped Date
Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1934 1,440,000 0.75 2.50 6.50 20.00 — 1934 Proof —
Value: 500 KM# 22 1/2 PIASTRE 2.5000 g., Copper-Nickel, 19.4 mm.
George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, 2012
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A Handbook for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, ...
Reckoning the exchange at 96 Piastres the £l sterling, we shall find : — Piastre =
English money 2Jd. "^Silver coin ; or rather, Half Piastre = ljd. S base metal in
imita- i Piastre = j tion of it. There are also in base metal 2J and 3 piastre pieces, ...
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HWCA Long Beach Signature Auction
13063 Vicroria 1/4 Piastre 1880, KM1.1, lustrous Unc. with nearly full mint red
colot. From the Professor Wayne Newman Palmer Collection. Est. 150-200
13064 Vicroria 1/4 Piastre 1881, KM1.1. Unc. derails with lusrer, bur cleaned with
...
Ivy Press, Warren Tucker, Scott Cordry and James L. Halperin (Editor), 2004
Toward the middle of the eighteenth century the grouch and piastre, up to that
time identical, parted company, the former continuing to retain some
resemblance to its prototype the dollar, and the latter rapidly dwindling in weight
until at the ...
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Words for the windbound; or, A rough vocabulary in English ...
682. 5-Piastre piece 10-Piastre piece, 20 Piastre piece, Gold Coin. called . altoun
beshlik ,, ,, onlik ,, ,, yeermeelik Silver Coin. Asper (aqtche) Para (para) . Quarter
piastre, Half piastre, Piastre, called groosh 1 ^-Piastre piece, 2^-Piastre piece, ...
William Knight (commodore of the Roy. Harwich yacht club.), 1843
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
The Piastre and other silver 'coins bean the same inscriptions as the gold coins,
and the same differences exist in them. _The inscriptions on the single, double,
and half piastres of Selim of 1789 are similar to those on' the sequin fonducli of ...
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A Hand-Book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, ...
Reckoning the exchange at 96 Piastres the £1 sterling, we shall find :— Piastre =
English money 2“. 'Silver coin ;or rather, Half Piastre = lid. base metal in imita}
Piastre = 'tion of it. There are also in base metal 2} and 3 piastre pieces, and 5
and ...
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The Public Treasury of the Muslims: Monthly Budgets of the ...
Similarly, in one case fractions of a piastre which normally would ad'd up to four
piastres, appear as 1 1/2 piastre. However, under contents we find again the! four
piastres (2 maqbul and 2 qushll piastres), (see Safar, sheet 4 of expenditure).
Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Shouk, Anders John Bjørkelo, 1996
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The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ...
PIASTRE is also a money os account and silver coin in its port, Alexandretta or
Scanderoon, is accounted at 80 aspers, or 24. syainos. The piastres os -
Alexandria are 8 borbi, or 6 sorli, or 3 aspers. The pin ire at Algiers is the same
with the ...
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Collecting World Coins, 1901-Present
KM# 20 1/2 PIASTRE 2.5000 g., Copper-Nickel, 19.4 mm. Obv: Crowned bust left
Rev: Denomination, date at right Date Mintage F VF XF Unc BU 1934 1,440,000
0.75 2.50 6.50 20.00 — 1934 Proof — Value: 500 KM# 22 1/2 PIASTRE 2.5000 ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIASTRE»
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piastre is used in the context of the following news items.
Details of Stack's Bowers August 2015 Hong Kong Auction
Within the first hour of the auction, lot 51045 will cross the block, an extremely rare 1879-A French Cochin China silver Piastre Essai, certified ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
Stack's Bowers Ponterio Rare Asian Banknotes Hong Kong Auction …
The highlight of the sale is an important Banque de L'Indo-Chine One Piastre from the Canton-Shameen branch dated 1902. This branch is ... «CoinWeek, Jul 15»
South Sudan government to introduce coins on Independence Day
Last year, the bank introduced the smaller amount notes of 5, 10, and 25 piastre, to enable citizens buy items less than a pound. “They are ... «Sudan Tribune, Jul 15»
Star reporter told grisly tale of escape from Vietnam
During the trip, he said he used “worthless” Vietnamese 1,000-piastre bills as toilet paper. Cahill later won a National Newspaper Award for his ... «Toronto Star, Apr 15»
Young Syrian refugees give up hopes of education in Jordan
On a very bad day, the local kids will relieve him of every piastre he has been paid by the local scrap merchants. The Jabras fled their home on ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
Courting investors, Egypt takes aim at black market
29, the Central Bank, which controls the pound's value via regular dollar auctions to banks, allowed a 10-piastre increase in the price at which ... «Zawya, Mar 15»
«Quatre trente sous pour une piastre?»
VICTORIAVILLE. Jusqu'ici, on n'a peu entendu les groupes communautaires s'exprimer sur les changements aux structures que propose le ... «Nouvelle Union, Feb 15»
$20bn of projects in Egypt up for grabs
One piastre is 1/100 of an Egyptian pound. Expectations that the central bank will devalue the currency have grown since it announced a ... «The National, Feb 15»
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Il telaio è realizzato con due piastre verticali in alluminio dove sono presenti diversi punti di setup e monta un sistema di sospensioni Multi-Link. «Modellismo Hobby Media, Jan 15»
Preying from Hallsville to Indochina: A Mid-Missouri diary reveals …
Hunting guide conditions — For one person with one white hunter, $30 per day (piastre). For two people with one white hunter, $40 per day. «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jan 15»
