(a)
A silver coin of Turkey formerly rated at twenty, but since 1880 at nineteen, piasters (about 83 cents).
(b)
A gold coin of Turkey equal (in 1913) to one hundred piastres ($4.396 or 18s. ¾d.); a lira, or Turkish pound.
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