Syrian pound
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syrian-pound-217-2778269
title:
Syrian pound
text:
The Syrian pound or lira is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank of Syria. The pound is nominally divided into 100 piastres, although piastre coins are no longer issued. Before 1947, the Arabic inscription of the word "qirsh" was spelled with the initial Arabic letter غ, after which the word began with ق. Until 1958, banknotes were issued with Arabic on the obverse and French on the reverse. Since 1958, English has been used on the reverses, hence the three different names for
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Currency of Syria
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_pound
date created:
2004-02-06T03:25:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T23:53:09Z
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