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Genoese lira
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Predecessor332 BC–259 BC
Attic drachma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contributionAD 296–AD 351
Egyptian silver drachma accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessorAD 274–AD 375
Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 400–AD 700
Roman solidus–nomisma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1138–1141
Frankish denier–livre reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openThis currency
Genoese liraDates, conversion terms and evidence 5 connections
Egyptian silver drachma accounting Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting
Evidence period: AD 296–AD 351QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting Frankish denier–livre reckoning
Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Attic drachma accounting Egyptian silver drachma accounting
Evidence period: 332 BC–259 BCQualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting Roman solidus–nomisma accounting
Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Frankish denier–livre reckoning Genoese lira
Evidence period: 1138–1141QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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Genoese liraLater absorption
Italian lira1826–1842DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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Genoese lira di bancoEvidence period: 1675–1741QualifiedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
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Genoese lira di permesso1751Documented1.15 Genoese lira = 1 Genoese lira di permesso
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Genoese liraSuccessor or branch1675–1741
Genoese lira di bancoQualified · Evidence periodSuccessor or branch1751
Genoese lira di permessoDocumentedLater absorption1826–1842
Italian liraDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1943
Tripolitanian Military Authority liraDocumentedSuccessor or branch1952
Libyan dinarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1999
EuroDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 6 connections
Italian lira Euro
1999Documented1936.27 Italian lira = 1 EURPublished ITL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Tripolitanian Military Authority lira Libyan dinar
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Genoese lira Italian lira
1826–1842DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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Evidence period: 1675–1741QualifiedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Genoese lira Genoese lira di permesso
1751Documented1.15 Genoese lira = 1 Genoese lira di permesso100 lire di permesso = 115 outside-bank lire at the market (abusiva) valuations published on 28 April 1751, not the 1741 legal tariff.
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