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Money
Currency: Egyptian Pound (E£) = 100 piastres. Notes are in denominations of E£100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1. Coins are in denominations of 50, 25, 20, 10 and 5 piastres.
Currency exchange: Available at banks and official bureaux de change. There are five national banks and 78 branches of foreign banks.
Credit & debit cards: MasterCard, American Express, Diners Club and Visa are accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available.
Travellers cheques: To avoid additional exchange rate charges, travellers are advised to take travellers cheques in US Dollars or Pounds Sterling.
Currency restrictions: The import and export of local currency is restricted to E£1000. The import and export of foreign currency is unlimited.
Exchange rate indicators
The following figures are included as a guide to the movements of the Egyptian Pound against Sterling and the US Dollar:
| Date | May ’02 | Aug ’02 | Nov ’02 | Feb ’03 | | £1.00= | 6.75 | 7.06 | 7.33 | 8.78 | | $1.00= | 4.63 | 4.65 | 4.63 | 5.52 |
Banking hours: Sun-Thurs 0830-1400.
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