Tripolitanian Military Authority lira
Tripolitanian Military Authority lira: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1952
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The story
Libyan Currency Law article 12 recognizes existing Tripolitanian obligations in Military Authority lira and converts them at 480 per Libyan pound. [1]
The military-administration lira replaced Italian metropolitan lire in Tripolitania during September–November 1943. [2]
Tripolitanian obligations in Military Authority lira were converted into Libyan pounds at 480:1 under Currency Law article 12. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Kingdom of Libya · Currency Law 4 of 1951 C1444 ↗
- G. A. Blowers and A. N. McLeod · Currency Unification in Libya, IMF Staff Papers 2, pp. 439–467 (1952) C1499 ↗
- Kingdom of Libya · Currency Law 4 of 1951 C1670 ↗
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“Tripolitanian Military Authority lira.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V27-LIBYA-MAL.html