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In 1938, banknotes were issued for use in Italian East Africa in denominations of 50, 100, 500 and 1000 lire. The designs were the same as those used on Italian notes but the colours of the notes were different and they bore an overprint with the words "Serie Speciale Africa Orientale Italiana". A
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declared this practice illegal, but in 1938 issued a new banknotes "lira AOI" at a better rate of 4.5 lire = 1 thaler for citizens who would willingly exchange their silver coins at the
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Very few people accepted this and in 1939 they were offered a second possibility at a rate 5 lire = 1 thaler. In
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relic of the lira was the use even in the 1960s of the expression "Lix Lira" (=six lira) for 25 cents.
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gained control of Italy's colonies, at the rate of 1 shilling = 24 lire. The banknotes retired by the
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The Italian East African lira was seen as a possible bribery, and it was immediately replaced by the
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between 1940 and 1941, when the Italian East African lira was offered at a rate 13 lire = 1 thaler.
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was already circulating. In occupied Ethiopia, the lira replaced the Ethiopian thaler (issued by the
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with a value 28 times higher than the lira, they began to hide them to retain the metal value. The
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Index


lead section
summarize
provide an accessible overview

banknote
Italian East Africa
Italian
Fascist Italy
Italian lira
occupied Ethiopia
thaler
silver coin
Italian government
Bank of Italy
Italian Somaliland
lira
National Bank of Ethiopia
Italian Eritrea
Eritrean tallero
East African shilling
British Somaliland
Italian occupation
East African shilling
United Kingdom
British government
British Army
Italy
AM-lira
inflation

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