Italian lira

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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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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of an italian lira (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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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency ⓘ
former national currency ⓘ
banknotesIssuedBy Banca d’Italia ⓘ
cashEuroChangeoverDate 1 January 2002 ⓘ
centralBank Banca d’Italia ⓘ
coinsIssuedBy Italian Treasury ⓘ
linked to: Government of Italy
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 lira of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
peggedTo French franc (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
predecessor Napoleonic Italian lira ⓘ
Sardinian lira ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
replacedBy euro ⓘ
linked to: Euro
replacedOn 2002 ⓘ
subunit centesimo ⓘ
subunitToUnit 100 centesimi = 1 lira ⓘ
successor euro ⓘ
linked to: Euro
symbol L ⓘ
₤ ⓘ
usedAlongside euro (transition period 1999–2002) ⓘ
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedIn Campione d’Italia ⓘ
Dodecanese under Italian rule ⓘ
Italian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Italy

Italian Somalia ⓘ
linked to: Somalia

Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
San Marino ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ

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Referenced by (60)

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

Italy → formerCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian lira → originatedFrom → lira of the Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Italian lira → predecessor → Sardinian lira ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Italian Social Republic → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
ITL → fullName → Italian lira ⓘ
ITL → replaced → Parma lira ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
French franc (Latin Monetary Union) → referenceForExchangeRates → Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Napoleonic Italian lira → replacedBy → Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, post‑1861) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Napoleonic Italian lira → relatedCurrency → Italian lira (Kingdom of Italy, 1861–2002) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Napoleonic Italian lira → namedAfter → Italian lira (traditional Italian currency name) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
San Marino → previousCurrency → Sammarinese lira ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Euro → replacedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Social Republic → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
subject linked to: RSI
Austro-Hungarian krone → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Empire → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Papal scudo → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Papal scudo → followedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Two Sicilies piastra → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
euro → replacedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Greek drachma (Latin Monetary Union) → fixedExchangeWith → Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Belgian franc (Latin Monetary Union) → relatedTo → Italian lira (Latin Monetary Union) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Milanese scudo → usedBefore → Italian lira ⓘ
Southern Kingdom → usedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Modenese lira → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Libya → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Lebanese pound → isDifferentFrom → Italian lira ⓘ
subject linked to: lira
Genoese lira → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Genoese scudo → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
Corsican lira → namedAfter → Italian lira ⓘ
Milanese lira → relatedTo → Italian lira ⓘ
Milanese lira → successorCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Tuscan lira → successor → Italian lira ⓘ
Tuscan lira → replacedBy → Italian lira ⓘ
First Italian Republic → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian Republic → formerCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian East African lira → peggedTo → Italian lira ⓘ
Italian North Africa → currency → Italian lira ⓘ
euro → replacedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Libyan pound → precededBy → Italian lira (in Libya) ⓘ
linked to: Italian lira
Province of Zara → usedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ
Zona A → usedCurrency → Italian lira ⓘ