Egyptian pounds

Egyptian pound
جنيه مصرى (Egyptian Spoken Arabic)
Obverse of £200 banknote
ISO 4217
Code	EGP
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	Piastre (قرش, Ersh)
1⁄1,000	Millime (مليم,‎ Mallīm)
Symbol	E£ or ج.م
Piastre (قرش, Ersh)	pt.
Banknotes	25pt, 50pt, £1, £5, £10, £20, £50, £100, £200
Coins	25pt, 50pt, £1
Demographics
Official user(s)	Egypt
Unofficial user(s)	Gaza Strip, alongside Israeli shekel
Issuance
Central bank	Central Bank of Egypt
Website	www.cbe.org.eg
Valuation
Inflation	48% (November 2016)

The Egyptian pound (Egyptian Arabic: جنيه مصرى‎‎ Genēh Maṣri [ɡeˈneː(h) ˈmɑsˤɾi]; sign: E£, ج.م; code: EGP) is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 piastres, or ersh (Egyptian Arabic: قرش‎‎ [ʔeɾʃ]; plural قروش [ʔʊˈɾuːʃ]), or 1,000 millimes (Egyptian Arabic: مليم‎‎  [mælˈliːm]; French: Millime).

The Egyptian pound is frequently abbreviated as LE or L.E., which stands for livre égyptienne (French for Egyptian pound). E£ and £E are commonly used on the internet. The name Genēh [ɡeˈneː(h)] is derived from the Guinea coin, which had almost the same value of 100 piastres at the end of the 19th century.