Egyptian pound
| جنيه مصرى (Egyptian Arabic) | |||||
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| ISO 4217 | |||||
| Code | EGP (numeric: 818) | ||||
| Subunit | 0.01 | ||||
| Unit | |||||
| Symbol | £, E£, £E, LE, EGP, .ج.م | ||||
| Denominations | |||||
| Subunit | |||||
| 1⁄100 | Piastre (قرش, "qirsh") | ||||
| 1⁄1,000 | Millieme (مليم, mallīm) (obsolete) | ||||
| Banknotes | |||||
| Freq. used | £1, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100, £200 | ||||
| Rarely used | 25 PT, 50 PT | ||||
| Coins | 25 PT, 50 PT, £1 | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Date of introduction | 1834 | ||||
| Replaced | Egyptian piastre | ||||
| Official user(s) | Egypt | ||||
| Unofficial user(s) | Gaza Strip | ||||
| Issuance | |||||
| Central bank | Central Bank of Egypt | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
| Valuation | |||||
| Inflation | 27.130% (as of 2024) | ||||
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The Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى [ɡeˈneː ˈmɑsˤri, ˈɡeni-]; abbreviations: £, E£, £E, LE, 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 [ʔʊˈruːʃ]; abbreviation: PT, short for "piastre tarif")) and was historically divided into 1,000 milliemes (مليم [mælˈliːm]; French: millième, abbreviated to m or mill).
Since July 6, 2022, the 10- and 20-pound notes have been made out of polymer plastic paper.