Italian lira

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fiat currency former national currency

The Italian lira was Italy’s pre-euro national currency, used for centuries until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) 3
Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, 1861–2002) 1
Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, post‑1861) 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
former national currency ⓘ
banknotesIssuedBy Banca d’Italia ⓘ
cashEuroChangeoverDate 1 January 2002 ⓘ
centralBank Banca d’Italia ⓘ
coinsIssuedBy Government of Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italian Treasury
country Italy ⓘ
decimalized 1862 ⓘ
exchangeableAtBancaDItaliaUntil 6 December 2011 ⓘ
experienced high inflation in the 1970s ⓘ
high inflation in the 1980s ⓘ
fixedEuroConversionRate 1 euro = 1936.27 lire ⓘ
introducedInRepublic 1946 ⓘ
ISO4217Code ITL ⓘ
lastCoinsIncluded 1 lira coin ⓘ
10 lire coin ⓘ
100 lire coin ⓘ
1000 lire coin ⓘ
2 lire coin ⓘ
200 lire coin ⓘ
5 lire coin ⓘ
50 lire coin ⓘ
500 lire coin ⓘ
lastSeriesBanknotesFeatured Alessandro Volta (10000 lire) ⓘ
Caravaggio (100000 lire) ⓘ
Galileo Galilei (2000 lire) ⓘ
Maria Montessori (1000 lire) ⓘ
Michelangelo (50000 lire) ⓘ
Tiziano Vecellio (500000 lire) ⓘ
legalTenderUntil 28 February 2002 ⓘ
linkedTo Latin Monetary Union ⓘ
monetaryAuthority Banca d’Italia ⓘ
nonCashEuroChangeoverDate 1 January 1999 ⓘ
originatedFrom Italian lira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: lira of the Kingdom of Sardinia
peggedTo French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
predecessor Napoleonic Italian lira ⓘ
Italian lira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sardinian lira
replacedBy Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
replacedOn 2002 ⓘ
subunit centesimo ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 centesimi = 1 lira ⓘ
successor Euro ⓘ
surface form: euro
symbol L ⓘ
₤ ⓘ
usedAlongside euro (transition period 1999–2002) ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedIn Campione d’Italia ⓘ
Dodecanese under Italian rule ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
surface form: Italian Republic

Somalia ⓘ
surface form: Italian Somalia

Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Italian Empire → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Libya → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Social Republic → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
RSI → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
subject surface form: Italian Social Republic
Kingdom of Sardinia → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union)
Papal scudo → followedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Italy → formerCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
ITL → fullName → Italian lira ⓘ
Napoleonic Italian lira → namedAfter → Italian lira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian lira (traditional Italian currency name)
Italian lira → originatedFrom → Italian lira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: lira of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Italian lira → predecessor → Italian lira self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sardinian lira
San Marino → previousCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sammarinese lira
this entity surface form: Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union)
this entity surface form: Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, 1861–2002)
this entity surface form: Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union)
ITL → replaced → Italian lira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parma lira
Austro-Hungarian krone → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Modenese lira → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Napoleonic Italian lira → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, post‑1861)
Papal scudo → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Two Sicilies piastra → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Euro → replacedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
subject surface form: euro
Milanese scudo → usedBefore → Italian lira ⓘ
Southern Kingdom → usedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ