The Egyptian pound (Egyptian: الجنيه المصرى al-Gunaih al-Maṣrī) is the current legal currency of Egypt. The pound is divided into 100 piastres (قرش qirsh) or 1000 milliemes (مليم malleem). The ISO 4217 code for the Egyptian pound is EGP. Locally, the abbreviation LE or L.E.
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![]() | 0.0332 | 0.0306 | 0.0269 | 4.3375 | 0.0471 | 0.0445 | 0.0308 | 0.2243 | 0.3456 | 0.0514 |
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The Egyptian pound (Egyptian: الجنيه المصرى al-Gunaih al-Maṣrī) is the current legal currency of Egypt. The pound is divided into 100 piastres (قرش qirsh) or 1000 milliemes (مليم malleem). The ISO 4217 code for the Egyptian pound is EGP. Locally, the abbreviation LE or L.E., which stands for livre égyptienne (French for Egyptian pound) is frequently used. E£ and £E are also much less-frequently used. The Egyptian Arabic name, ginaih, may be related to the English name guinea.