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1882 Numismatic Chron. 3rd Ser. II. 175 Suleyman II. issued his own large silver pieces in 1099, and gave them the name of ghrúsh, which recalls the grossi, groschen, and groat of the Western States... Without entering deeply into the question of the exchange value of this Turkish ghrúsh, or piastre, as it was called by travellers—not, however, to be confounded with the small modern piastre—it is interesting to notice that the ghrúsh and the akcheh, which was its lowest ‘divisionnaire’, were constantly altering their relations.

1906 N.E.D. at Piastre The English (French, German, etc.) name..of a small Turkish coin, called in Turkish ghūrūsh, ¹/ ₁₀₀ of a Turkish pound, having in Turkey, in 1900, a circulating value of about 2d.

1917 A. R. Frey Dict. Numismatic Names 93/1 Ghrush,..The name of the coin is variously written Grush, Gurush,..etc.

1927 Weekly Disp. 6 Nov. 18 Turkish stamps have a perpetual ‘grouch’... There are eleven stamps, values 1, 2, 2½, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 50 and 100 grouch, which is the current coinage.

1959 E. Pound Thrones xcvii. 24 The olde double-ducat, The olde turkish grouch.

1960 M. Case tr. R. Boulanger Turkey (Hachette World Guides) p. lxxvi The monetary unit of Turkey is the Turkish pound (lira), which is made up of 100 kurus. There are metal coins for 1 K.; 2½ K.; 5 K.; 10 K.; 25 K.; 50 K.; 1 T.L.

1971 Whitaker's Almanack 954/1 The Turkish Lira..is divided into 100 Kurus.