Euro.
Euro. It used to be the Lira
The Euro was introduced as the official currency of the European Union as an accounting unit in 1999 and was adopted as coin and paper currency on the 1 Januray 2002 and Italy is a member of the EU. When the currency was adopted for a certain period of time [variable per country] there was dual currency circulation - the former national currency [Italian Lira] and Euros. In Italy this period was extended to almost two years.
dollars
the curenncy is the euroeuro
Italia is the Italian name for Italy. Italy now uses the Euro as its currency. If the coin is from before 2002, it would be a Lira coin which is no longer in use in Italy. Italy's currency is now the Euro.
Renminbi means - the people's currency. Yuan is the name of a unit of the renminbi currency
Italy used to use the 'Lira' - until it's currency was replaced by the Euro - along with most of the rest of Europe.
The common currency used is called the Lira.
It used to be the Lire, but now it's the Euro.
At present (2012,) the currency used in Italy is the Euro.
The currency unit in England is the Pound Sterling The currency unit in England is the Pound Sterling
Italy was one of the first countries to adopt the Euro. Prior to their conversion to the decimal system based Euro (EUR) in 2002, Italy's currency was called the Lire. The Lire was equal to one hundred Centesimi, and it was the official Italian currency between 1861 and 2002.