what type of currency does egypt have?
Egyptian pound
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 Much of the economy was centrally organized and strictly controlled . Although the ancient Egyptians did not use coinage until the Late period , they did use a type of money @-@ barter system , with standard sacks of grain and the deben , a weight of roughly 91 grams ( 3 oz ) of copper or silver , forming a common denominator . Workers were paid in grain ; a simple laborer might earn 5 ½ sacks ( 200 kg or 400 lb ) of grain per month , while a foreman might earn 7 ½ sacks ( 250 kg or 550 lb ) . Prices were fixed across the country and recorded in lists to facilitate trading ; for example a shirt cost five copper deben , while a cow cost 140 deben . Grain could be traded for other goods , according to the fixed price list . During the fifth century BC coined money was introduced into Egypt from abroad . At first the coins were used as standardized pieces of precious metal rather than true money , but in the following centuries international traders came to rely on coinage . 

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