Syrian pound

Syrian pound

الليرة السورية (Arabic)
100 Syrian Pound banknote
ISO 4217
Code	SYP (numeric: 760)
Subunit	0.01
Symbol	None official. The abbreviations LS, SP, or ل.س are used.
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	piastre (p)
Banknotes	LS 50, LS 100, LS 200, LS 500, LS 1,000, LS 2,000, LS 5,000
Coins	LS 5, LS 10, LS 25, LS 50
Demographics
User(s)	Syria
Issuance
Central bank	Central Bank of Syria
Website	cb.gov.sy
Valuation
Inflation	28.1%
Source	The World Factbook, 2017 est.
Value	US$1 = LS 12,562 (official)[1] US$1 = LS 14,000 (parallel market) As of 1 April 2024[update][2]

The Syrian pound or lira (Arabic: الليرة السورية, romanized: al-līra as-sūriyya; abbreviation: LS^[3] or SP^[4] in Latin, ل.س in Arabic, historically also £S,^[5] and £Syr;^[6] ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank of Syria. The pound is nominally divided into 100 piastres (قرش qirsh, plural قروش qurūsh in Arabic, abbreviated to p.), although piastre coins are no longer issued. ^{[citation needed]}

Before 1947, the Arabic inscription of the word "qirsh" was spelled with the initial Arabic letter غ, after which the word began with ق. Until 1958, banknotes were issued with Arabic on the obverse and French on the reverse. Since 1958, English has been used on the reverses, hence the three different names for this currency. Coins used both Arabic and French until independence, then only Arabic.