Italy has won the Coin of the Year Award in a contest sponsored since 1982 by World Coin News, a numismatic publication. The silver 5,000-lira coin represents the march of time to the new ...

The draft legislation also would introduce centesimi coins, similar to U.S. cents, ... 500,000 and 1 million old lire bills. Italy’s biggest banknote now is the 100,000 lire bill, ...

Twelve years since Italy introduced the euro, the national mint is still stamping Italian lire - and recession fatigue means nostalgia for the retired national currency is going strong.

EXPOSED How Italy planned to PRINT LIRA but EU-backed president DESTROYED bid to oust euro ITALY’S rejected Finance Minister Paolo Savona was among a group of economists preparing a “Plan B ...

Italy said on Wednesday that it would mint another version of a new 1,000-lire coin after learning that the original featured a European map showing a divided Germany. Arturo Arcellaschi, owner of ...

In Italy, a call center employee made a stunning find - 100 million lire. DAVID GREENE, HOST: The banknotes were hidden away in a safe in the house she inherited from her uncle.