The mark fell to an 18-month low against the lira.

Back then the lira was worth more than it is now.

But in March 1995, when the lira lost ground, they rose again.

The entire exercise did not cost us a single lira.

The couple has five other children, ages 14 to 29, at home in Lira.

Before this, the Italian lira had been used since 1861.

Such a car would cost a million and a half Turkish lira!

Notes for 1, 2 and 5 lira were introduced in 1873.

Only two were issued, with the face values of 1000 and 50000 lira.

It was about the same time that he first laid his eyes on the lira.

Could I live like a sultan on 565 new lira?

A three- course meal for two runs about 140 lira.

Nevertheless, Lira is having some environmental problems in the modern age.

We paid in Turkish lira, because they're a better deal.

Twenty thousand lira was more money then he had seen in a month.

"Give me two hundred thousand lira so I can get a woman this very night."

By contrast, the Italian lira has 4 percent of its 1948 value.

"I do not feel particularly attached to the lira," she said.

The 2002 national census estimated the population of Lira at 80,879.

I threw the handful of lira down on the floor.

But in the financial markets, the lira continued to be attacked.

Since early December the mark has appreciated by about 2 percent against the lira.

In the north they are still using the lira.

Lira is a forest village but agriculture was also important.

Then, in 1860, the lira became the name of Italy's national currency.