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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.

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