Since "buy rates" and "sell rates" include overheads
and profit margins that are set independently by each
foreign exchange provider, they will vary depending on
who you're talking to, and will always be different than
the mid-market rate.
Modern Egyptian currency (specifically paper money)
ranges from the 25 Piastres (quarter pound note) up to a
1,000 pound note. Unlike, for example, American bills,
Egyptian currency is not the same size. The smaller the
note denomination, the smaller its physical size.
Egyptian coins duplicate the value of some of the
Egyptian bills. There are 25 Piastres and 50 Piastres
coins, but because of this duplication, many
establishments in Egypt rarely have coins. In fact, the
value of 25 Piastres is so small that they are often
difficult to find in either coin or bill, and businesses
often round up the price of merchandise to the nearest
pound.
Egyptian money is both colorful, and attractively
designed.
