The Book

 

1. Origins of Money
1.1 From Bartering to the Use of Paper Money
1.2 Functions of Money
1.3 The Forefathers of Bank Notes
1.4 From Bank Notes to Virtual Money

2. 800-1492: From Charles the Great to Christopher Columbus
2.1 Origins
2.2 Carolingian Reform and the "Need" for the Lira
2.3 Feudal Coinage
2.4 Use of Brass
2.5 Monetary Transformation in the X-XIII Centuries
2.6 'Denarios Imperatoris' and New Coinages
2.7 Letters of Exchange and the Renewal of Gold Coining
2.8 The Drawbacks of Bimetallism
2.9 How Much Is 1 Lira Worth?

3. 1492-1800: American Acquisition-Napoleon
3.1 The Indian Acquisition and the "Real de a Ocho"
3.2 'Small' and 'Large' Coins
3.3 The Penury of Precious Metals and the Italian Crisis in 600 A.D.
3.4 Monetary Conditions in 700 A.D. and New Credit Instruments
3.5 The House of Savoy and the First "Italian" Bank Notes
3.6 Monetary Reform in 700 A.D.

4. 1801-1860: Empire-Unification
4.1 The French Decimal Monetary System and the Birth of the Italian Lira
4.2 Resoration and Coinage in Pre-unitary States
4.3 The Italian Banking System

5. 1860-1900: Constructing Unification
5.1 Issuing Banks
5.2 Central Currency Control and the Reorganization of the Local Monetary System
5.3 The 'Gold Standard' and the Latin Monetary Union
5.4 From Gold to Inconvertible Paper Money
5.5 The 'Compulsory Course' and the Economic and Monetary Difficulties Facing the Young Kingdom
5.6 Insufficient Circulation and Change in Monetary Equilibrium
5.7 Abolishing the 'Compulsory Course'
5.8 Renewal of Metal Payments and the Birth of Treasury Bills
5.9 The Euphoric Economy and the Crisis
5.10 The Birth of the Bank of Italy
5.11 The Roman Bank

6. 1901-1922: The New Century
6.1 New Issuance
6.2 Industrial Development and the Re-birth of Public Financing
6.3 Italian Colonies
6.4 World War I
6.5 Inflation
6.6 Post-war Period
6.7 The Gold Exchange Standard

7. 1923-1945: Fascism- the Republic
7.1 Towards the Breaking-Even
7.2 The New Role of the Bank of Italy and Issuance Unification
7.3 "90 Exchange Rate" and the Stabilization of the Lira
7.4 The Crisis in 1929
7.5 Defending Monetary Stability
7.6 The War
7.7 AM-LIRE
7.8 Post-war Crisis

8. 1946-1999: Reconstruction - Euro
8.1 Depreciation of the Lira
8.2 Economic Liberalism
8.3 The Marshall Plan and Restructuring
8.4 The Economic Boom
8.5 The Bretton Woods Pact
8.6 The Opec Crisis
8.7 The European Monetary System
8.8 Monetary Union Policies
8.9 The Maastricht Treaty
8.10 The Euro Area
8.11 The Italian Situation
8.12 Euroland and the Participation of Italy
8.13 Good-bye Sweet Lira

9. 2002: The Golden Lire
9.1 The Monument to the Lira
9.2 The Exhibition
9.3 The Lira Becomes Gold
9.4 The Matrix
9.5 The Golden Bank Notes

 

 

 

 

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