Eritrean tallero
The tallero was the currency of Eritrea between 1890 and 1921. It was worth five lire and was subdivided into ten decimi (sing. decimo).
Description
[edit]Five lire coins, engraved by Filippo Speranza, feature King Umberto I of Italy with the lettering UMBERTO I RE D'ITALIA · 1896 on the obverse, and an eagle with a shield on the reverse. They weigh 28.1250g with an actual silver weight of 0.7234oz of .800 fineness, and are 40mmin diameter with a thickness of 3.1mm.[1][2]
From 1885, banknotes denominated in lire were issued by the Italian colonial authorities. In 1890, the silver tallero, patterned after the Maria Theresa thaler, was introduced (together with 50 centesimi, 1 and 2 lire coins). The last tallero were minted in 1918. In 1921, the tallero was abandoned and Italian currency circulated alone until banknotes were issued in lire in 1938.[3][4]
References
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- ^ "1 Tallero / 5 Lire - Umberto I, Italian Eritrea".
- ^ "Eritrea 5 Lire/Tallero KM 4 Prices & Values | NGC".
- ^ "tallero". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Tallero financial definition of Tallero". Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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