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The Syrian pound (sign: LS or £S; Arabic: الليرة السورية al-līra as-sūriyya French: livre syrienne; ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria and is issued by the Central Bank of Syria. The pound is subdivided into 100 qirsh (Arabic: قرش plural: قروش qorush piastres in English or French) although coins in qirsh are no longer issued.Before 1947 the word qirsh was spelled with the initial Arabic letter غ after which the word began with ق.
