Italian lira
Italian lira: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
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Where this money came from
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This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
The story
Tripolitania replaced metropolitan Italian lire with the military-administration lira from 15 September 1943, withdrawing the former legal tender by 30 November; a few small Italian denominations remained instruments valued in MAL. [1]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
New Piedmont lira adopted as decimal account unit, distinct from the restored old20-soldi Piedmont lira. [2]
Account-unit observation
Royal edict26 October 1826 requires new lira accounting in mainland territories. [3]
Account-unit observation
Law 788 art11 requires public accounts in Italian lire and extends mandatory denomination to private writings from 1 January 1863. [4]
Euro monetary substitution
1 EUR = 1936.27 ITL. Italy: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [5] [6] [7]
Euro cash changeover
Italy: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. [6]
Sources and evidence
- G. A. Blowers and A. N. McLeod · Currency Unification in Libya, IMF Staff Papers 2, pp. 439–467 (1952) C1681 ↗
- Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 C1782 ↗
- Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 C1783 ↗
- Italian legislature · Law24 August 1862, no788 C1785 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C676 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C677 ↗
- Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C646 ↗
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