piasters

Local bread ovens first raised prices to one Egyptian pound per loaf usually its 10 or 15 piasters, and now they are running out of flour.

Egyptians Gather in Main Square as Army Stands By Margaret Coker 2011

A year ago I bought bread for 25 piasters [Egyptian cents].

LA Times Series on Life in Cairo, #3: Cairo Mini-Buses zhukora1 2008

Foul could be bought for 1.5 piasters; tamaya in Israel it was called falafel sandwiches were just two piasters—roughly a nickel.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

Foul could be bought for 1.5 piasters; tamaya in Israel it was called falafel sandwiches were just two piasters—roughly a nickel.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

A year later, Defarkas took him in, paying him 20 piasters a week -- about 60 cents at the time.

LA Times Series on Life in Cairo, #5: Sewing Machine Repairman zhukora1 2008

For the next few minutes, the discussion centered on technical questions, like the use of Vietnamese piasters versus dollars, and the different meanings of the words "allotted" and "obligated" in aid budgets.

Dana Sachs: Operation BabyLift: Ted Kennedy and the Orphans of Vietnam 2009

Subsidized bread in Egypt is normally sold for 5 piasters (less than one cent) for a 100-gram (3. 5-ounce) piece.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

This youth will fetch some price in the market; for he is a comely lad, though not over strong; but we will fatten him up and give him the bath, and curl his hair, and we will sell him for a hundred piasters to Bacon or to Bungay.

The History of Pendennis 2006

Beside him, a small sign says “Talk freely for only 50 piasters”.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Egyptian Man Rents Out Cell Phone for a Living 2002

Anwar got this business idea from a shop where he used to work, where the owner offered his customers the use of his mobile phone for 50 piasters a minute.

Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Egyptian Man Rents Out Cell Phone for a Living 2002