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Evidence coverage: 1816–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
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Italian lira
FTM000247 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1816–2002; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Unit and issue records 1 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Italian liraFTM000794 · C676, C677
Instruments, coinage & context
Supporting material, not parents or children.
Latest research
Earlier account evidenceNew Piedmont lira adopted as decimal account unit,distinct from the restored old20-soldi Piedmont lira.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidencePiedmont lira is renamed Italian lira and extended territorially;retain one scoped continuity.
Sources and qualifications → Earlier account evidenceLaw788 art11 requires public accounts in Italian lire and extends mandatory denomination to private writings from1 January1863.
Sources and qualifications → Account-unit observations
Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
1816supportedNew Piedmont lira adopted as decimal account unit,distinct from the restored old20-soldi Piedmont lira.
C1782 1826supportedRoyal edict26 October1826 requires new lira accounting in mainland territories.
C1783 1861supportedPiedmont lira is renamed Italian lira and extended territorially;retain one scoped continuity.
C1784 1862–1863supportedLaw788 art11 requires public accounts in Italian lire and extends mandatory denomination to private writings from1 January1863.
C1785
Monetary history 2 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1999-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 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.
C676, C677, C646 2002-01-01Euro cash changeoverItaly: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C677
Evidence & research notes 9 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C676
1 EUR = 1936.27 ITL.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 ·
Open source ↗art.1, Italy currency row; exact decimal retained
Source access and limitations
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Supported C677
Italy: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗Annex, Italy row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Supported C1681
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.
G. A. Blowers and A. N. McLeod · Currency Unification in Libya, IMF Staff Papers 2, pp. 439–467 (1952) Citation S815 ·
Open source ↗Money and Banking, Tripolitania
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Substantive full indexed passages inspected despite direct page 403: Italian metropolitan lira and BMA pound retired following MAL introduction 15 September 1943; ceased legal tender 30 November 1943, with low-denomination Italian pieces continuing accepted as MAL.
Supported C1782
New Piedmont lira adopted as decimal account unit,distinct from the restored old20-soldi Piedmont lira.
Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 Citation S935 ·
Open source ↗p317
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1783
Royal edict26 October1826 requires new lira accounting in mainland territories.
Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 Citation S935 ·
Open source ↗pp317–319
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1784
Piedmont lira is renamed Italian lira and extended territorially;retain one scoped continuity.
Banca d’Italia · Monetary unification chronology Citation S936 ·
Open source ↗1861 entry
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1785
Law788 art11 requires public accounts in Italian lire and extends mandatory denomination to private writings from1 January1863.
Italian legislature · Law24 August 1862, no788 Citation S934 ·
Open source ↗art11
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1802
Old Piedmont reckoning replaced by new lira;1826official equivalence1old=1.1875new.
Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 Citation S935 ·
Open source ↗pp317–318
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C1803
Genoese outside-bank account unit prohibited1826;1842contracts documented settlement in legal new lire at1Genoese=0.833new.
Giuseppe Felloni · Monete e zecche negli Stati Sabaudi dal 1816 al 1860,1956; reprinted 1998 Citation S935 ·
Open source ↗pp318–319
Source access and limitations
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Supported C646
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.