banco; The lira moneta di paghi worth 1.214 lire for counting Spanish dollars, and the lira di cartulario worth 1.942 lire for accounting bullion sales (the various units tied up as follows: Scudo d'Argento = 8.74 lire = 7.6 lire banco = 7.2 lire moneta di paghi = 4.5 lire di cartulario); Other units used for exchange quotations: the pezza worth 5.75 lire, the Scudo d'Argento worth 8.74 lire, the Scudo d'Oro worth 10.81 lire, and the Scudo di Cambio worth 4.6 lire; each of these units also divide into soldi and denari. After the 1746 siege the Genoese lira was devalued with the scudo d'argento rising from 8.74 to 9.5 lire (or 3.86 g fine silver in a lira). When the period of the Republic ended in 1797, the one lira coin weighed 4.16 g at 8/9 fine, equal to 3.70 g fine silver or 0.239 g fine gold. From 1797 the Genoese lira and all its auxiliary units were replaced by the French franc, and afterwards the Italian lira. However, the Mint of Genoa remained in operation by issuing coins until 1860. References Republic of Genoa Currencies of Italy Obsolete Italian currencies Medieval currencies Coins of Italy