The piastre or piaster was a unit of currency. It was originally equal to one silver dollar or peso, served as the major unit of currency of French Indochina (Present-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos), and in the Ottoman Empire. As a main unit French Indochinese piastre Ottoman Turkish piastre As a subunit 1/100 of the Egyptian pound 1/100 of the Jordanian dinar 1/100 of the Lebanese pound 1/100 of the Sudanese pound 1/100 of the Syrian pound Informal usage Early private bank currency… (More on Piastre)