Saudi riyal Saudi riyal The Saudi riyal ( ""); is the currency of Saudi Arabia. It is abbreviated as The riyal has been the currency of Saudi Arabia since the country came into being and was the currency of Hejaz before Saudi Arabia was created, one of the primary currencies in the Mediterranean region during the Ottoman era. The Hejaz riyal was based on but not equivalent to the Ottoman 20 kuruş coin and was consequently divided into 20 qirsh. However, although the Hejaz riyal was the same weight as the Ottoman 20 kuruş, it was minted in .917 fineness, compared to
Lebanese pound Lebanese pound The Lebanese pound ( "lira libnaniyya"; French: "livre libanaise"; sign: , ISO 4217: LBP) is the currency of Lebanon. It used to be divided into 100 "piastres" (or qirsh) but inflation has eliminated the subdivisions. The plural form of lira, as used on the currency, is either "lirat" (ليرات) or the same, whilst there were four forms for qirsh: the dual "qirshan" (قرشان), the plural "qirush" (قروش) used with numbers 3–10, the accusative singular "qirsha" (قرشا) used with 11–99, or the genitive singular "qirshi" (قرش) used with multiples of 100. In both cases, the number determines which plural