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Gold Convertibility Restored

Italy · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1883–1927Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1883

Agostino Magliani1883

Rome · Economy / Gold Standard

Italy restores convertibility of the lira into metallic money, formally re-entering the gold-standard monetary system after years of forced paper currency.

1927

Benito Mussolini21 December 1927

Rome · Economy / Gold Standard

Italy legally restores gold and foreign-exchange convertibility of the lira at the new Quota 90 parity within the interwar gold-exchange standard.

Names involved

Agostino MaglianiBenito Mussolini

Provenance

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