Piaster meaning : The subdivision of the South Sudanese pound, equal to 1/100 of a pound A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real. A form of currency formerly used in the French-speaking parts of Canada. A form of currency formerly used in French Indochina. A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Jordan, Libya, South Sudan, Turkey and Cyprus