How does Italian money compare with the U.S. dollar?

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Ian M

Italy has adopted the Euro.

Exchange rate against the $ changes daily. The current exchange rate is available from your local Bank, most major newspapers, or try

Http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/currency-converter

Ian M

Pooki!

changes daily...
euro currency is used all around europe, not just italy
1 euro = 1.4 $
u can check xe.com for changes

smilies1998

The exchange rate if that is what you are asking about is the worest it has ever been its down to about $1 = about .68 euro cents and thats not with the commission fees that a lot of tourist places will charge. If you are asking what it looks like. Each bill is a different size and color it kind of looks like monoploy money. they have E500,E200,E100, E50,E20,E10,E5 in bills then in chance they have E2,E1,E.50,E.20,E.10,E.5,E.2,&E.1 hope this is what you are asking and that I helped. I live and I just exchanged money yesterday and the rate was moving to .69 and I was told that many places its already down to .68. So I dont know where people are getting .71 as an exchange rate.

andrew s

For Americans the rest of the world is becoming very expensive. Unfortunately the US is a major debtor nation today and therefore the currency holds little value. Against the Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Zambian Kwacha and just about any other currency on earth the US Dollar is being eroded away as a store of value. The Euro - Italy's money, is essentially taking over from the dollar as the reserve currency of choice.

Matteo M

The Lira was discontinued in 2001. The EURO is the current currency.
$us1=EU.71

To read more about it check out

www.coe.int

Genius Cook

The first time in the 30 years that I've been in and around Italy that i see this kind of exchange rate. It was the opposite many many years ago with the dollar being so much stronger than the Lira.
It's expensive to visit Italy with the dollar today. If you are on a tight budget you may even consider skipping most of Europe... while Spain and Greece is still relatively inexpensive (but they are catching up).

Terry E

It's a different colour and it doesn't have pictures of American Revolutionarys on it, like Ben Franklin (a pedophile), Tom Jefferson, and George Washington. But it's negotiable currency and works quite well in Italy.

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