Vatican currency?

And Italian currency for that matter

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I'm planning a trip to Rome next year. I believe that historically that the Vatican has had its own currency, separate from the lira. Do they now use the Euro, like Italy?

[vibgyor79]

Currency: 1 Vatican Lira = 100 centesimi
Note: The Vatican lira is on a par with the Italian lira and under the terms of the Concordat with Italy, Vatican currency is legal tender throughout Italy, and Italian currency is legal tender within Vatican City.

[catholic-pages.com...]

[BlobFisk]

It's all Euro as far as I know... the Vatican brought out their own Euro coins with the Pope on the back of them.... quite a collectors item if you can get your hands on them.

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Thanks for the info.

[rcjordan]

Official site of the Vatican: [vatican.va...]

Check out the online tour of the museum.

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Thanks for the additional info. I never realized that the Vatican had its own two letter country domain (makes sense of course, now that I think about it).

The virtual tour will be very useful in planning the actual one. I'm sure I could spend the entire vacation just inside the Vatican, but I've heard that there are also a couple of interesting places in Rome itself.... :)

Now if I could only make it to Venice in the week that I'm in Italy...

[RussellC]

I was just in Italy on vacation in November last year, and yes you can spend a few days in the Vatican Museum and still not see everything. It is HUGE!