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 ...

Italian comic actor Roberto Benigni, an Oscar winner, may have had the best idea: Instead of bringing back the lira, why not return to sesterces, the silver and bronze coins of ancient Rome?

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.

Similarly, the 5,000, 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000 lire notes would be worth respectively, 5, 10, 50 and 100 new lire. The draft legislation also would introduce centesimi coins, similar to U.S ...

Italy's central bank will continue to exchange lire for euros until 2011. Just before Christmas, Mr Pizzi read that many people had never got round to changing their old notes and coins. Are the ...

And today's last word in business is: lost lire. It's the story of recovered treasure. In Italy, a call center employee made a stunning find - 100 million lire. DAVID GREENE, HOST: The banknotes ...

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.