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MONEY TABLE.

(Comp. p. xvii.)

Approximate Equivalents.

Arabic Name. Egyptian British French American
Money Money Money
mV Money
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Gold Coins. too 1000 20 6 —25 95 5 50
50 500 10 3 2
Gineh Masri (Egypt, pound £E) 13 50
25
Nusseh Gineh (half £~E) . . . . 10

Silver Coins. 20 200 4 1 5 20 —1 5
—
Riy&l Masri 10 100 2 3h 2 60 2
Nusseh Riy&l —
Rub'a Riy&l 5 50 1 30 1
GhirsMn (double piastre) . . . . 52 — '/2
Ghirsh (piastre) — t2 20 26

— —1 10
1
21/2

Nickel Coins. 5 - —4 13 —

Nusseh Ghirsh (small piastre) . VlO —2 V/ — —5
2 Milliimes V.o 21/2
1 Millieme 1 V«

In Coipek there are also pieces of 1/2 and 1/i millieme (called also

2 Para and 1 Para pieces, from the old system), but these are used by

tourists onlv for bakshish.

The Pound Sterling (Gine"h inglisi) is worth 97 piastres 5 milliemes;

the French Twenty Franc Piece (,Bint, derived from Napoleon Bonaparte)
A77 pias. IV2 mill. ; the Turkish Pound (Mejidiyeh) 87»/i piastres.
'purse'

is equivalent to 500 piastres or about 103«.

Weights and Measures.

= = =1 Dirhem 445. 46 gram-
3.93 grammes 60.65 grains troy; 1 Rotl
= =mes
I.0131 lbs. avoirdupois (about lib. 1/5 oz.); 1 Okka I.237 kilo-

= =grammes
2.7274lbs. (about 2 lbs. lli/goz.); 1 Kantar 100 rotl =44.546
'
=kilogrammes
IOI.31 lbs. (about 101 lbs. 5 oz.).
= = — =1 Rub'a
7.50 litres 13i/s pints; 1 Wlbeh 30 litres 6 gals.
= = =22/s qts. •, 1 Ardeb
6 webeh 180 litres 46 gals. l3/s qt.
= = =1 Pik 0.67 metre 26.37 inches; 1 Pik, land measurement,
29.627

= =inches ; 1 Kasabeh
3.55 metres 11 ft. 7.763 inches.
= = =1 Fedd&n 4200 square metres about 5082 sq. yds.
IV20 acre.