piastres

In 1815, he farmed out the mint for a yearly sum of seven millions of piastres, which is, at the present rate of exchange, about two hundred thousand pounds sterling, obliging the people to take the dollar at eight of his piastres, although it is well known to be now worth twenty-two or twenty-three.

Travels in Arabia 2003

In 1815, he farmed out the mint for a yearly sum of seven millions of piastres, which is, at the present rate of exchange, about two hundred thousand pounds sterling, obliging the people to take the dollar at eight of his piastres, although it is well known to be now worth twenty-two or twenty-three.

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

A bowl of ful offers a lot of protein and fiber for just a few piastres.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Ful For Love Ellen Kanner 2011

A bowl of ful offers a lot of protein and fiber for just a few piastres.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Ful For Love Ellen Kanner 2011

Finishing a thin, blond GI, and wanting to purchase a snack from an approaching peddler, she went to her purse and found forty piastres missing.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

She sets the white bowl upon the table, then passes softly across the room to Madame Lieu who hands her the crumpled bills of five hundred and fifty piastres.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

She sets the white bowl upon the table, then passes softly across the room to Madame Lieu who hands her the crumpled bills of five hundred and fifty piastres.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

After covering herself and tying the belt of the robe at her waist, she locates a metal box bound by cord, and taking up from the bed the 300 piastres the GIs left and the 550 Madame Lieu paid her, she deposits it all in the box with her paper money, red and green, a mix of silverish and copper-colored coins.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

Finishing a thin, blond GI, and wanting to purchase a snack from an approaching peddler, she went to her purse and found forty piastres missing.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010

After covering herself and tying the belt of the robe at her waist, she locates a metal box bound by cord, and taking up from the bed the 300 piastres the GIs left and the 550 Madame Lieu paid her, she deposits it all in the box with her paper money, red and green, a mix of silverish and copper-colored coins.

GIRL BY THE ROAD AT NIGHT DAVID RABE 2010