The Lira has not been a unit of the Italian currency since Italy changed over to the Euro in 2002.
The lira dates back to Charlemagne. Like the pound sterling, it represented one pound weight of silver.
One Turkish Lira is equal to 0. 28 Pound Sterling. One Pound Sterling is equal to 3. 58, as of July 29, 2014.
It was la lira (pronounced /leehrah/), plural le lire. Symbol: L., Lit or £ same as the British pound.
There is no such thing as an English lira. The UK uses the pound sterling as its currency.
What is one pound in Turkish lira
Yes it is cheaper to buy in Turkey! I am sat in Istanbul now and the rate one the street is 2.4 Lira to the British Pound. I got 2.17 in Heathrow and feel really cheated. Buy is Turkey!!
Maybe about one British pound, or a little over. There are 1,000,000 old lira in 1 New Turkish lira, so your old lira have little money value, just curiosity value. (1 New Turkish lira is worth (March 2009) about US$0.75.) Any remaining old lira has to be converted at either the Turkish Central Bank or T.C. Ziraat Bank branches, at the rate of 1 million old lira = 1 new lira
The British have never had a Lire or Lira coin. It may belong to one of several member countries of the British Empire that used the Lire or Lira at different times, such as Cyprus or Malta.
If you're referring to the Italian lira, it was replaced by the euro in 2002.However a few other countries' currencies also use the name lira, although they're not the same as each other or the former Italian lira. It's the official name in Turkey and the colloquial name in Lebanon and Syria, where the official name is "pound". The etymology is that "lira" is derived from the Latin word libra, which is directly related to the pound weight unit in the old British and current US systems of measurement.
In Bulgarian, an English Pound is referred to as an English Lira. So One US dollar is equivalent to .64 English Liras, or English pounds.
Historically, Italy used the lira, but it currently uses the euro. Turkey also uses the Turkish Lira and the Syrian Pound is called the Syrian Lira in Arabic.
I think so