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Maltese lira

Currency
Local namelira Maltija  
ISO 4217 CodeMTL
Official userNone, previously Malta
Inflation2.8%
ERM
Since2 May 2005
Fixed rate since2 May 2005
Replaced by �, cash1 January 2008
�0.429300 liri
Bandpegged in practice, 15% de jure
Subunit
1/100cent
1/1000mil
Symbol₤ and Lm
Coins and Banknotes
Rarely used coins50 cents, 1 lira
Rarely used banknotes20 liri
Central bankCentral Bank of Malta

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The lira ( , plural: liri, ISO 4217 code : MTL) was the currency of Malta from 1972 until 31 December 2007. The lira was abbreviated as Lm, although the traditional ₤ sign was often used locally. In English, the Maltese currency was sometimes referred to as the pound.

The euro replaced the Maltese lira as the official currency of Malta on 1 January 2008 at the irrevocable fixed exchange rate of 0.429300 MTL per 1 euro.

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Times of Malta--When our currency was still the Malta -lira-, the balance of payments had a particular significance. Since the Malta -lira- was not a currency traded in the ... - Date : Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:04:27 GMT+00:00

Euro changeover :
Series Symbol Denominations Date of issue
2nd £M £M1, 5, 10 1973
3rd 1979
4th Lm Lm2, 5, 10, 20 1986
5th 1989

Euro changeover :
Image Value - equiv. Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark first printing issue withdrawal lapse
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm2 4.66 138 × 66.5 mm Red Agatha Barbara, map of Malta, the ship "Brigantin" (1531). Marsaxlokk harbour, gantry cranes Allegorical head 1967 (legal basis) 17 March 1986 15 June 1998 15 June 2008
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm5 11.65 145 × 69 mm Blue Agatha Barbara, map of Malta, the ship "Xprunara" (1798) Mellieħa Bay, a woman engaged in lace making, a fisherman in the course of making fishing pots
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm10 23.29 152 × 72.5 mm Green Agatha Barbara, map of Malta, "Tartana" (1740) Grand Harbour, Malta Drydocks 13 September 2000 13 September 2010
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm20 46.59 159 × 76 mm Brown Agatha Barbara, map of Malta, the ship "Xambekk" (1743) Auberge de Castille, the monument dedicated to the Maltese worker in Msida 30 November 1992 2 December 2002
 

Euro changeover :
Image Value - equiv. Dimensions Main Colour Description Date of
Obverse Reverse Obverse Reverse Watermark first printing issue withdrawal lapse
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm2 4.66 138 × 66.5 mm Red, violet A woman holding a rudder, symbolising Malta in control of her own destiny, 3 doves symbolising peace, United Nations Emblem, the Central Bank of Malta Coat-of-Arms, mosaic designs from the period of Roman presence in Malta. The Banka Guratali at Mdina and at Rabat, Gozo Allegorical head 1967 (legal basis) 18 September 1989
Enhanced: 1 June 1994		 31 January 2008 31 January 2018
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm5 11.65 145 × 69 mm Blue Mdina Gate, Torre dello Standardo, extract from Maltese declaration of rights
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm10 23.29 145 × 72.5 mm Green 7 June 1919 Monument in Valletta, a national assembly meeting held on 7 June 1919, the day when four Maltese citizens were killed
[http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm [http://www.centralbankmalta.com/site/council_eu_letter.htm Lm20 46.59 145 × 76 mm Brown, orange Giorgio Borg Olivier, raising of the Maltese flag, a marble tablet in Valletta commemorating Independence
 

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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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