1 Lira

The Allied Military Authority began issuing occupation currency in Tripolitania following the British Eighth Army's capture of Tripoli in January 1943. This 1 Lira was part of that first emergency series, produced to replace Axis-era Italian colonial notes and give military administrators a controlled medium of exchange in a territory still actively close to front lines.

The series is closely related to British Military Authority notes used simultaneously in other theatres — the design approach was standardized across occupation currencies, with local issuing text distinguishing them. Genuine examples from Tripolitania circulated only briefly before the territory's monetary situation was absorbed into broader Allied administration.