Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The lira was the currency of Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, or AOI) between 1938 and 1941. It was equivalent to the Italian lira and Italian currency circulated, together with banknotes first issued in 1938. In Italian Somaliland, the lira was already circulating. In Ethiopia, the lira replaced the Ethiopian thaler (issued by the Bank of Ethiopia) whilst in Eritrea it replaced the Eritrean tallero, a silver coin minted in Italy. It also briefly replaced the East African shilling in British Somaliland between 1940 and 1941.The lira was replaced by the East African shilling in 1941, when the United Kingdom gained control of Italy's colonies, at the rate of 1 shilling = 24 lire. A relic of the lira was the use even in the 1960s of the expression "Lix Lira" (=six lira) for 25 cents.[citation needed]. }
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- Italian_East_African_lira abstract "The lira was the currency of Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, or AOI) between 1938 and 1941. It was equivalent to the Italian lira and Italian currency circulated, together with banknotes first issued in 1938. In Italian Somaliland, the lira was already circulating. In Ethiopia, the lira replaced the Ethiopian thaler (issued by the Bank of Ethiopia) whilst in Eritrea it replaced the Eritrean tallero, a silver coin minted in Italy. It also briefly replaced the East African shilling in British Somaliland between 1940 and 1941.The lira was replaced by the East African shilling in 1941, when the United Kingdom gained control of Italy's colonies, at the rate of 1 shilling = 24 lire. A relic of the lira was the use even in the 1960s of the expression "Lix Lira" (=six lira) for 25 cents.[citation needed]".