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Syrian pound

The Syrian pound or lira (Arabic: ???????????? ??????????????, romanized: al-l??ra as-s??riyya; abbreviation: LS or SP in Latin, ??.?? in Arabic, historically also ??S, and ??Syr; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank of Syria. The pound is nominally divided into 100 piastres (?????? qirsh, plural ???????? qur??sh in Arabic, abbreviated to p.), although piastre coins are no longer issued. Before 1947, the Arabic inscription of the word "qirsh" was spelled with the initial Arabic letter ??, after which the word began with ??. 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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