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100 lire FAO commemorative coin, 1979 200 lire Maria Montessori commemorative coin, 1980. In 1977, aluminium-bronze 200 lire coins were introduced, followed in 1982 by the bimetallic 500 lire. This was the first bi-metallic coin to be produced for circulation, minted using a system patented by IPZS. It was also the first to feature the value in ...
The banknotes for 1, 2, 5 and 10 lire are a square shape, and the 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 lire have a rectangular shape, same general shape as the U.S. dollar. The second issue (Series 1943 A) was printed only by the FLC, and was added to the indication in letters (in Italian and English) of the value.
Italian Allied Military Currency (Lira) Japanese Allied Military Currency ( A yen and B yen ) - used in Korea, issued for use in Japan but then demonetized there before they could be used [ 5 ] The majority of the notes were printed by the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing , with some were printed by the Soviet Union and by the ...
Luccan lira until 1800 and 1826–1847; merged into the Italian lira; Maltese lira 1825–2007; merged into the euro, 2008; Neapolitan lira 1812–1813; merged into the Italian lira; Ottoman lira 1844–1923; became the Turkish lira; Papal lira 1866–1870; became the Vatican lira at par with the Italian lira
The Milanese lira, Venetian lira, Lombardo-Venetian lira and Parman lira after 1814, at the rate of 270 Milanese lire = 45 Milanese scudi = 405 Venetian lire = 855 Parman lire = 207.23 Italian lire; [75] The Tuscan fiorino and the Tuscan lira in 1859, at 1 francescone = 4 fiorini = 6 + 2 ⁄ 3 Tuscan lire = 5.6 Italian lire;
In 1929, copper c.5 and c.10, nickel c.20 and c.50, 1 Lira and 2 Lire, silver 5 Lire and 10 Lire, and gold 100 Lire coins were introduced. In 1936, the gold content of 100 Lire coins was decreased from 0.2546 to 0.1502 troy ounces (from 7.92 to 4.67 grams). [1] In 1939, aluminium bronze replaced copper and, in 1940, stainless steel replaced ...
The scudo d'argento of 30.1 g fine silver was introduced in 1578 for 7 lire, rising to 12.4 lire by 1739. The tollero of 23.4 g fine silver was issued in 1797 for 10 lire. The Venetian lira piccola was supplanted in the 19th century by the Italian lira of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy in 1806 and the Lombardy-Venetian lira of the Austrian Empire.
The lira fell steadily, from Lire 560 to the U.S. dollar in 1973 to Lire 1,400 in 1982. [ 78 ] The economic recession went on into the mid-1980s until a set of reforms led to the independence of the Bank of Italy [ 79 ] and a big reduction of the indexation of wages [ 80 ] that strongly reduced inflation rates, from 20.6% in 1980 to 4.7% in ...