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Italian lira

Currency
Currency nameLira italiana  
ISO 4217 CodeITL
Official userItaly, San Marino, Vatican City, but not Campione d'Italia
Inflation2.3% (2001)
ERM
Since13 March 1979, 25 November 1996
Withdrawn16 September 1992 (Black Wednesday)
Fixed rate since31 December 1998
Replaced by �, non cash1 January 1999
Replaced by �, cash1 January 2002
�1,936.27 ₤
Subunit
1/100centesimo
Symbol₤
Coins and Banknotes
Freq. used coins50₤, 100₤, 200₤, 500₤, 1,000₤
Rarely used coins10₤, 20₤
Central bankBanca d'Italia
PrinterIstituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato
MintIstituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato

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The lira (plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro. However, physical payments could only be made in lire, as no euro coins or notes were available.

The lira was also the currency of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy between 1807 and 1814.

The term originates from the value of a pound weight ( ) of high purity silver and as such is a direct cognate of the British pound sterling; in some countries, such as Cyprus and Malta, the words lira and pound were used as equivalents, before the euro was adopted in 2008 in the two countries. "L", sometimes in a double-crossed script form ("₤"), was usually used as the symbol. Until the Second World War, it was subdivided into 100 centesimi (singular: centesimo), which translates to "one hundredth".

Italian lira Video

SNOW DAY :D Anyway, I was looking through my videos and realized that, of every accordion video I put up, none of them were songs that I learned from my teacher... ...that kinda depressed me a little. SO! Here's a famous old Italian song on the Lira, as well as one of the first that I had ever learned.
1.50 min. | 4.96 user rating		 Here are the main currencies of the Italian Republic before the advent of the euro - Ecco le principali monete della Repubblica Italiana prima dell'avvento dell'euro.
2.67 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The Division Lobby and tenor Mark Tucker gave their Harmonia Extemporanea concert of improvisations on Italian sketches from the 17th century, using chitarrones, violins, lira da braccio, viola, harpsichords, organ, lute, cornetto and tenor. Here a member of the Division Lobby discusses improvisation and the importance of period instruments. TheAvison Ensemble is the outstanding period instrument orchestra based in Newcastle upon Tyne, which plays and popularises the music of Charles Avison (1709-1770) and other English classical composers of the Baroque period, such as Garth, Arne and Herschel. The Ensemble also performs Purcell, Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, Geminiani, Pergolesi, Teleman, Rameau, Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. www.avisonensemble.com Film produced by David Dunning. http
7.48 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Hi people, this is my italian currency collection, i hope you like it! Ciao gente, questa è la mia collezione di banconote italiane, spero vi piaccia! money currency coin coins bill bills gold silver italian lire lira collection collezione banconote italiane monete cartamoneta soldi oro argento raro rari rare papermoney munze papiergeld scheine geld gols silber sammlung selten monnais billets colection or argent
8.32 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Vídeo com a música "Na Boca Do Brasil". Uma mensagem de agradecimento àqueles que sempre lutaram e lutam pela sobrevivência da autêntica "Móda De Viola"!!!W. Lira
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Prova lira
1.03 min. | 5.0 user rating		 www.vloganza.tv Michele Boldrin - Presidente del Dipartimento economia e professore della Washington University di Saint Louis, Missouri - a proposito del debito pubblico italiano: "Il meccanismo perverso in cui il politico spende per acquisire voti e consenso mentre un pezzo di paese risparmia e gli presta i soldi, non é detto che duri ancora per più di un quinquennio". "Molti tendono a non capire quanto sia importante la crescita economica per il benessere di un paese" - dice Boldrin a proposito della mancanza di crescita in Italia - "La crescita viene dal fatto che le persone con maggiore talento si sforzano di creare maniere nuove di lavorare e di produrre". "L'Italia non stava meglio quando c'era la lira che si poteva svalutare" - dice Boldrin - "La svalutazione non é altro che una maniera per ridurre salari e stipendi senza dirlo".
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7.00 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Relembrando mais um sucesso de Pedro Paulo & Paulo Vítor do 2º Cd. Cd que traz muitas músicas que abriram o caminho do sucesso da dupla. Franca/SP 07/09/2010 Abraços!!!W. Lira
3.00 min. | 0 user rating		 Seconda edizione de [LA NOTTE DELLA PARANZA!], evento torinese dedicato alla musica tradizionale del Sud Italia con i musicisti de La Paranza del geco e numerosi ospiti da tutta Italia.
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Notre Dame Official Athletic Site--I always like to use an old -Italian Lira- that my girlfriend gave me as my marker. She knew how much I love Italy and it is a perfect coin to mark my putts. ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:25:53 GMT+00:00
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Games.com News (blog)--And, of course, you'll be able to send and receive -Italian- Satchels of -Lira- just like Racks of Vegas Chips. Lastly, Italy will have three different job ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:13:47 GMT+00:00
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Sovereign Society (blog)---...- Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the British pound, the -Italian lira-, the Balkan currencies and, of course, the infamous US dollar � the world's reserve currency. ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:30:15 GMT+00:00
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BullionVault--Then the time came for the Euro to enter the market in place of the European currencies, such as the French Franc, the Deutschmark, and the -Italian Lira-, ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:50:43 GMT+00:00
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Games.com News (blog)--However, the Port provides a different kind of business than collecting -Lira---you can buy predetermined items from the Port at Levels 1 through 10 with -Lira- ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:39:45 GMT+00:00

Preceded by
Sardinian lira
Lombardy-Venetia florin
Two Sicilies piastra
Tuscan fiorino
Papal States scudo
Parman lira		Italian currency
1861-1999{{ref|1999|1}}		Succeeded by
Euro

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CurrentEgyptian pound * Falkland Islands pound * Gibraltar pound * Guernsey pound * Jersey pound * Lebanese pound * Manx pound * Pound sterling * Saint Helena pound * Sudanese pound * Syrian pound * Turkish lira |
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See alsoDinar * Pound sign * Troy pound |



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