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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1380978, member: 39&quot;]Rather a US quarter: <i>In 1927, the lira was pegged to the U.S. dollar at a rate of 1 dollar = 19 lire. This rate lasted until 1934, with a separate &quot;tourist&quot; rate of US$1 = 24.89 lire being established in 1936. In 1939, the &quot;official&quot; rate was 19.8 lire.</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_lira#History" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_lira#History" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_lira#History</a>. In those years, and until 1946, they had centesimi coins (1 lira = 100 c.) too ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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