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Italy paper money catalog and Italian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Lira = 100 Centesimi, 1861-2002
    • Italian Allied Lira (AMC) = (1 Cent US) = 100 Lira, 1943-1950
  • Euro = (1936 Lira) = 100 Cents, from 2002

• Italian currency was used:
  • Fiume, 1921-1945
  • Italian Somaliland, 1925-1936
  • Libya, 1911-1942
  • San Marino, till 2002

• To purchase Italian banknotes, please check our inventory :
  [ World Banknotes (part 1): countries A-F ] - [ World Banknotes (part 2): countries G-M ] - [ World Banknotes (part 3): countries N-Z ]

Pick #	Date
		Kingdom
1-8	1874	50 Centesimi, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 100, 250, 1.000 lire
10-17	1881	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 100, 250, 1.000 lire
33-35	1893	1, 2 lire
18-21	1882-1925	5, 10, 25 lire
22-23	1902-1925	5, 25 lire
38-41	1896-26	50, 100, 500, 1.000 lire
36-37	1914	1, 2 lire
24	1923	25 lire
42-46	1915-26	25, 50, 500, 1.000 lire
47-52	1926-42	50, 100, 100, 100, 500, 1.000 lire
25	1935-1944	10 lire
26-28	1939-1944	1, 2, 5 lire
54-56	1930-42	50, 100, 1.000 lire
57-63	1941-2	50, 50, 100, 100, 500, 1.000, 1.000 lire
64-73	1943	50, 50, 50, 100, 100, 500, 500, 500, 1.000, 1.000 lire
		Interim Government
29-32	1944	1, 2, 5, 10 lire
74-77	1944	50, 100, 500, 1.000 lire
		Republic
78-9	1945-7	5.000, 10.000 lire
80-5	1947-63	500, 1.000, 1.000, 1.000, 5.000, 5.000 lire
86-7	1947-50	5.000, 10.000 lire
78-80	1948-62	500, 1.000, 10.000 lire
91-2	1951	50, 100 lire
93-5	1966-75	500, 500 lire
96-100	1962-74	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000 lire
101-4	1969-83	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 20.000
105-8	1979-84	5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000 lire
109-10	1982-3	1.000, 100.000 lire
111-8	1962-74	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000, 500.000 lire

		Austrian occupation of Venetia, 1918
M1-9	1918	5, 10, 50 Centesimi, 1, 2, 10, 20, 100, 1.000 lire
		AMC (Allied Military Currency) Allied occupation
M10-17	1943	1, 2, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 lire
M18-23	1943A	5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 lire

		Venezia (Venetia)
s181-4	1798	10, 50, 100, 500 Ducati
		Palmanova, siege by Austrian forces 1848
s244-9	1948	25, 50 Centesimi, 1, 2, 3, 6 lire
		Papal State
s301-76	1785-95	different denominations: 3-1.500 Scudi; S.Monte Della Pieta' di Roma
s377-519	1786-95	different denominations: 3-3.000 Scudi; Banco di S.Spirito di Roma