Egyptian pound

Egyptian pound
جنيه مصرى (Egyptian Arabic)
Obverse of a modern E£1 coinReverse of the E£200 banknote
ISO 4217
CodeEGP (numeric: 818)
Subunit0.01
Unit
Symbol£, E£, £E, LE, EGP, .ج.م
Denominations
Subunit
1100Piastre (قرش, "qirsh")
11,000Millieme (مليم,‎ mallīm)
Milliemes are obsolete.
Banknotes
 Freq. used£5, £10, £20, £50, £100, £200
 Rarely used25 PT, 50 PT, £1
Coins25 PT, 50 PT, £1
Demographics
Date of introduction1834 (1834)
ReplacedEgyptian piastre
Official user(s) Egypt
Unofficial user(s) Gaza Strip[1]
Issuance
Central bankCentral Bank of Egypt
 Websitewww.cbe.org.eg/en/
Valuation
Inflation8.496%[2] (2022)

The Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى [ge.neːh masˤ.ri]; abbreviations: £,[3][4] ,[5] £E,[6] LE,[7] or EGP in Latin, and ج.م. in Arabic, ISO code: EGP) is the official currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or qirsh (قرش [ʔerʃ]; plural قروش [ʔo.ruːʃ];[8] abbreviation: PT (short for "piastre tarif")[9]), or 1,000 milliemes (مليم  [mælˈliːm]; French: millième, abbreviated to m or mill), but milliemes are no longer used.

The new 10- and 20-pound notes are made out of polymer plastic paper as of July 6, 2022.

A contemporary E£1 coin in 2010.
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