Convert USA Dollars (USD) to Egyptian Pounds EGP

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The Egyptian pound or gineih is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 qirsh or 1000 malleem (milliemes). The ISO 4217 code 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, gineih, may be related to the English name guinea. To compare the price of Egyptian pound to other currencies you can use the following currency converter

Egyptian Pound

Banknotes of Egyptian Pound

In 1899, the National Bank of Egypt introduced notes in denominations of 50 qirsh, 1 5, 10, 50 and 100 gineih were introduced. Between 1916 and 1917, 25 qirsh notes were added, together with government currency notes for 5 and 10 qirsh. Issued intermittently, the 5 and 10 qirsh are today produced by the Ministry of Finance.

In 1961, the Central Bank of Egypt took over from the National Bank and issued notes in denominations of 25 and 50 Piasters, 1, 5 Pounds, 10 and 20 Pounds notes were introduced in 1976, followed by 100 gineih in 1978, 50 Pound in 1993 and 200 Egyptian Pounds in 2007. All Egyptian banknotes are bilingual, with Arabic texts and Eastern Arabic numerals on the obverse and English and Hindu Arabic numerals on the reverse. Obverse designs tend to feature an Islamic building with reverse designs featuring an Ancient Egyptian building.

During December 2006, it was mentioned in articles in Al Ahram and Al Akhbar newspapers that there were plans to introduce a 200 and 500 Pound notes. As of 2007, there are 200 Pound notes circulating in Egypt and subsequently 500 Pound notes will start circulating. As of the summer of 2009, banknotes of one pound and one half pound are being phased out, replaced by more extensive use of coins. Presumably quarter pound notes will be phased out as well.

Popular denominations and nomenclature

Several unofficial popular names are used to refer to different values of Egyptian currency. These include nicklah for 2 milliemes, ta'rifa [taʕˈriːfa] for 5 milliemes, shilin for 5 piastres, bariza [baˈriːza] for 10 piastres, and reyal for 20 piastres.

Different sums of EGP have special nicknames, for example: 100 EGP astik "rubber band"; 1,000 EGP bako "pack"; 1,000,000 EGP arnab [arˈnab] "rabbit"; 1,000,000,000 EGP feel "elephant".