liras
Ankara's monetary units
Liras is the plural of lira, a currency unit used historically in Italy and still in Turkey.
The Italian lira was replaced by the euro in 2002, but the Turkish lira remains in circulation: The painting sold for millions of liras.
The plural sometimes appears as lire, following Italian convention.
Paper currency notes
- coinsMetal money units
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
payment · denomination · Turkish · Italian · wallet · transaction · spending · bills
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- legacyWhat's passed down
- demonetizedHad income removed
withdrawn · defunct · historical · nostalgic · souvenir · collector · worthless · outdated
Boot-shaped European nation
Transcontinental Eurasian republic
Sustained price level increase
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- eurozoneMonetary union sharing currency
- redenominationCurrency unit replacement
- hyperinflationExtreme rapid price escalation
fiscal · depreciation · dollarization · stabilization · floating · pegged
Invented term or currency
- collectingGathering items over time
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- specimenIndividual for examination
- auctionCompetitive public sale
provenance · authentication · grading · catalog · hoard · condition · dealer · commemorative
banknotes
Paper currency notes
cash · payment · denomination · Turkish · Italian · wallet · transaction · spending · bills · notes
discontinued
No longer available
- supersededReplaced by something newer
- replacedRemoved and substituted
- legacyWhat's passed down
demonetized · withdrawn · defunct · historical · nostalgic · souvenir · collector · worthless · outdated · convertible
Italy
Boot-shaped European nation
Turkey
Transcontinental Eurasian republic
- IstanbulTurkish city, formerly Constantinople
- AnkaraTurkey's governmental seat
- bazaarOpen-air merchant district
kebab · carpet · Bosphorus · revaluation
inflation
Sustained price level increase
- devaluationLowering of currency worth
- eurozoneMonetary union sharing currency
- redenominationCurrency unit replacement
hyperinflation · fiscal · depreciation · dollarization · stabilization · floating · pegged
coinage
Invented term or currency
- collectingGathering items over time
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- specimenIndividual for examination
auction · provenance · authentication · grading · catalog · hoard · condition · dealer · commemorative · uncirculated
liraseuros
Shared continental currency units
euro · francs · pounds sterling · dollars · drachmas
lirasSwiss francs
Switzerland's official currency
dollars · yen · gold · hard currency · pounds sterling