Word: lire
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sept. 20 French referendum on the Maastricht treaty approached. If the result of this vote on the package of new steps toward European economic unity were to be non, no one wanted to be caught holding a weak currency. Banks, pension funds and private investors began selling off Italian lire, and Italy, fearful of depleting foreign reserves, was forced to devalue its currency...