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Lira - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lira is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City. The term originates from the value ...
Italian lira - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lira (plural lire) was the currency of Italy between 1861 and 2002. Between 1999 and 2002, the Italian lira was officially a “national subunit” of the euro.
New Turkish Lira
The New Turkish Lira (YTL) and its sub-unit YKr (New Kurush-Yeni Kuruþ) was put into circulation on 1 st January 2005

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Lira, former monetary unit of Italy. The lira consisted of 100 centesimi. As at late 2001, 2,143.81 lire equalled US$1. The lira was replaced on January 1, 2002, by the European single currency, the Euro, at which point 1 Euro equalled 1,936.77 lire. The Bank of Italy was the bank of issue for the lira.

The currency of the Vatican City, which was equal to the Italian lira, was also replaced by the Euro in 2002.

See also Maltese Lira; Turkish Lira.