Piastre

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Piastre
Piastre
1 piastre obverse 1 piastre reverse
1 piastre obverse 1 piastre reverse
ISO 4217 code PIA
Central bank Banque du Val
Official user(s)  Faroe Islands
 Gibraltar
 Guiana
 Madeira
 Svalbard
 Vale
Unofficial user(s) Batavia Hambourg
Deflation 2.3% (1713)
Subunit
1/100 Centime
Symbol ₱, PIA
Nickname balle(s), thune(s), piasse(s)
Plural Piastres
Centime Centimes
Coins 5, 10 & 25 centimes, 1 & 2 piastres
Banknotes 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 & 500 piastres
Printer BDV

The piastre (sign: ₱; code: PIA) is the currency and legal tender of Vale.

History[edit | edit source]

Before the Valois Revolution[edit | edit source]

Modern history[edit | edit source]

Exchange rate[edit | edit source]

The exchange rate of the piastre against other currencies in Kobol is dependent on the monetary policy pursued by Vale. The piastre is based on the energy standard, which is a monetary system where the standard economic unit of account is based on a fixed quantity of energy, whereas the piastre is equivalent as of June 1714 to 14.53 kWh of electricity.

Coins[edit | edit source]

Piastre coins
Image Value Technical parameters Description Common name
Obverse Reverse Diameter Thickness Mass Composition Edge Obverse Reverse
18.03 mm 1.22 mm 1.75 g 92% steel
5.5% copper
2.5% nickel plating
Plain, formerly 12-sided Emblem of Vale Direwolf 5 balles
10¢ 21.2 mm 1.76 mm 3.95 g 94.5% steel
3.5% copper
2% nickel plating
Milled. Montesquieu 10 balles
25¢ 23.88 mm 1.58 mm 4.4 g 94% steel
3.8% copper
2.2% nickel plating
Victor Hugo Quart de piasse
1 piastre obverse.png 1 piastre.png 1₱ 26.5 mm
11 curved sides
1.75 mm 7 g 91.5% nickel
8.5% bronze plating
  (88% copper, 12% tin)
Plain, formely 11-sided Emblem of Vale Vincent Poitou Piasse, Poitou
2₱ 28 mm 1.8 mm 7.3 g Ring: 99% nickel
Centre: 92% copper
               6% aluminium
               2% nickel
Intermittent milled/smooth/edge lettered Napoleon 2 thunes, Napoléon
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

Banknotes[edit | edit source]

Banknotes of the piastre (1710-present issue)
Image Value Obverse Reverse Watermark Remark Date of issue
[1] 5 piastres Blaise Pascal Nordic Sun Cross Blaise Pascal October 20, 1710
[2] 10 piastres Yann Tiersen Citadelle in Villevieille Yann Tiersen October 20, 1710
[3] 20 piastres Molière Serre-Ponçon Dam Molière October 20, 1710
[4] 50 piastres Paul Cézanne Fruit (by Paul Cézanne) Paul Cézanne December 15, 1710
[5] 100 piastres Napoleon; skyline of Baie-Saint-Paul Le Détroit Napoleon Bonaparte The skyline represents the capital in 1534, whereas many modern buildings are missing October 29, 1710
[6] 500 piastres Gaïa teaching l'Humanité Senate building Coat of arms of Vale March 22, 1710