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Antique & New Lira, Lire Currency Collections,
Commemorative coins, Commemoratives,
Mint and Proof sets
Italian States
Bagattino; Barbone; Bianco (Bianchi); Bolognese Maraiola;
Bolognino (Bolognini); Cagliarese; Carlino (Carlini); Cavallo (Cavalli);
Cavalotto; Centesimo (Centesimi); Cervia (Cervie); Cinquin; Coronato;
Crazia (Crazie); Denaro (Denari); Di Fiorino; Dicken; Dirhem; Doppia
(Doppie); Doppia Fiorino; Ducat; Ducato (Ducati); Ducato d'Oro (Ducati
d'Oro); Ducaton; Ducatone; Duetta; Duetto; Filippo (Filippi); Fiorino
(Fiorini); Florin; Florin d'Or; Florino; Franc; Francescone; Franco
(Franchi); Giorgino; Giulio; Grana; Grano (Grani); Grosetto; Grosso
(Grossi); Guigino; Kreuzer; Leone; Lira (Lire); Luigino (Luigini);
Madonnina; Maraiola; Milanese Soldi; Mozzo; Murailo; Oncia (Oncie);
Ongaro; Panterino; Paola; Paolo (Paoli); Parpagliola; Pezza; Pezza della
Rosa; Piastre; Piccolo (Piccoli); Quarto; Quattrino (Quattrini); Reale;
Reales; Ruspone; Santacroce; Scudo (Scudi); Scudo d'Oro (Scudi d'Oro);
Scudo Riccio; Sesino; Sestino; Soldino; Soldo (Soldi); Sovrano; Tallero;
Tari; Testone; Tollero; Tornese (Tornesi); Trillina; Zecchino (Zecchini)
Coins
The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy issued coins of 1 and 3 centesimi
and 1 soldo in copper, 10 centesimi in 20% silver alloy, 5, 10 and 15
soldi, 1, 2 and 5 lire in 90% silver and 20 and 40 lire in 90% gold. All
except the 10 centesimi bore a portrait of Napoleon,
Minting of coins switched to Rome in the 1870s after have been minted in Florence, Milan, Naples and Turin in
denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 centesimi, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 lire,
with the lowest four in copper, the highest two in gold and the
remainder in silver. In 1863, silver coins below 5 lire were debased
from 90% to 83.5% and silver 20 centesimi coins were introduced.
and
remained essentially unaltered until the First World War.
In 1919 smaller, copper 5 and 10 centesimi and nickel 50
centesimi coins were introduced, followed by nickel 1 and 2 lire pieces
in the twenties In 1926, silver 5 , 10 lire and 20 lire coins were
introduced, equal in size and composition to the earlier 1 and 2 lire
coins
1939 to reduce the cost of the coinage lead to copper being replaced by
aluminium bronze and nickel by stainless steel.
In 1946, coin production was resumed, with 1, 2, 5 and 10 lire in
aluminium. In the fifties stainless-steel 50 and 100 lire coins were
introduced, followed by aluminium-bronze 20 lire in 1957 and silver 500
lire .
In 1977, aluminium-bronze 200 lire coins were introduced, followed in
1982 by the bi-metallic 500 lire. and a bimetallic 1000 lire coin in 1997.
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