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Lira

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the Italian name (Lat. libra, pound) for a silver coin, the Italian unit of value in the Latin Monetary Union, corresponding to the French, Swiss and Belgian franc, and the drachma of Greece, &c. The name is sometimes used of the Turkish pound, medjidie.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Lira'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​l/lira.html. 1910.
 
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