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The Libyan pound (Arabic جنيه, junieh) was the currency of Libya between 1951 and 1971. The pound was divided into 100&nbsp;piastres (قرش, qirsh) and 1000&nbsp;milliemes (مليم).


When Libya was a part of the Ottoman Empire, the country used the Ottoman qirsh (XOTP), issuing some coins locally until 1844. When Italy took over the country in 1911, the Italian lira was introduced. In 1943, Libya was split into French and British mandate territories. Algerian francs were used in the French mandate, whilst Tripolitanian lira issued by the British Military Authorities were used in the British mandate.

In 1951, the pound was introduced, replacing the franc and lira at rates of 1&nbsp;pound = 480&nbsp;lire = 980&nbsp;francs.The pound was replaced, at par, by the dinar in 1971 following the Libyan Revolution of 1969.


Coins were issued in 1952 in denominations of 1, 2 and 5&nbsp;milliemes, 1 and 2&nbsp;piastres. In 1965, a second series of coins was issued in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100&nbsp;milliemes. These coins continued to circulate after 1971 as no new coins were issued until 1975.


In 1951, the government issued notes in denominations of 5 and 10&nbsp;piastres, ¼, ½, 1, 5 and 10&nbsp;pounds. In 1959, the National Bank of Libya took over the issuance of paper money with denominations of ½, 1, 5 and 10&nbsp;pounds. In 1963, the Bank of Libya took over from the National Bank...
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