Editing Syrian pound (section)

{{Short description|Currency of Syria}}
{{for|the Syrian pound under French mandate|Lebanese-Syrian pound}}
{{redirect|SYP}}
{{distinguish|text = the [[Sudanese pound]], which also uses the abbreviation "LS"}}
{{Infobox currency
| local_name = الليرة السورية
| local_name_lang = ar
| image_1 = File:Syrian pound 2023.jpg
| image_title_1 = bundles of Syrian banknotes
| using_countries = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg}} [[Syria]]
| unofficial_users = 
| inflation_rate = 28.1%
| inflation_source_date = ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20221006204125/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/inflation-rate-consumer-prices/ The World Factbook]'', 2017 est.
| iso_code = SYP
| symbol = 
| symbol_comment = None official. The abbreviations LS, SP, or ل.س are used.
| subunit_ratio_1 = {{frac|1|100}}
| subunit_name_1 = [[piastre]] (p)
| used_coins = LS&nbsp;5, LS&nbsp;10, LS&nbsp;25, LS&nbsp;50
| value = US$1 = LS&nbsp;12,562 (official, [[Fall of the Assad regime|pre-2024 fall of the Assad regime]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cb.gov.sy/downloads/files/1712044146.PDF|title=Official exchange rate}}</ref>
| used_banknotes = LS&nbsp;50, LS&nbsp;100, LS&nbsp;200, LS&nbsp;500, LS&nbsp;1,000, LS&nbsp;2,000, LS&nbsp;5,000
| issuing_authority = [[Central Bank of Syria]]
| issuing_authority_website = {{URL|http://cb.gov.sy}}
}}

The '''Syrian pound''' or '''lira''' ({{langx|ar|الليرة السورية|al-līra as-sūriyya}}; abbreviation: '''LS'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/33367/33304.pdf?sequence=4|title=World Bank Editorial Style Guide 2020 - page 138 |website=openknowledge.worldbank.org |access-date=2022-08-01}}</ref> or '''SP'''<ref>The Central Bank of Syria uses this abbreviation on the security strips of banknotes. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note268783.html</ref> in [[Latin alphabet|Latin]], '''ل.س''' in [[Arabic script|Arabic]], historically also '''[[Pound sign|£S]]''',<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook_(1990)/Syria|title=CIA World Factbook 1990 - page 303 |chapter=Syria |date=1 April 1990 |access-date=2022-06-21 }}</ref> and '''£Syr''';<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DMjDDQAAQBAJ&dq=%C2%A3Syr+syrian+pound&pg=PA1177|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 1990-1991 - page 1177 |date=1991 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9780230271197 |access-date=2022-08-06 }}</ref>  [[ISO 4217|ISO code]]: '''SYP''') is the [[currency]] of [[Syria]]. It is issued by the [[Central Bank of Syria]]. The pound is nominally divided into 100 [[piastre]]s ({{lang|ar|قرش}} ''qirsh,'' plural قروش ''qurūsh'' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]], abbreviated to {{char|p.}}), although piastre coins are no longer issued. {{citation needed||date=May 2024}}

Before 1947, the Arabic inscription of the word "qirsh" was spelled with the initial Arabic letter غ, after which the word began with ق. Until 1958, banknotes were issued with Arabic on the obverse and French on the reverse. Since 1958, English has been used on the reverses, hence the three different names for this currency. Coins used both Arabic and French until independence, then only Arabic.