Its rather evocative name means 'the change you get from a carlino', which the smallest part of the Papal baiocco (no longer legal tender in united Italy but a word still used in Bologna to refer to 10 cent coins): a sheet of local news was given out in shops to make up for the change owing after buying a cigar (which was worth 8 cents).

il Resto del Carlino was established in 1885.

[6] il Resto del Carlino is based in Bologna[1][2] and is published in tabloid format.

[7] Its sister newspapers are La Nazione and Il Giorno.

[6] The 1988 circulation of il Resto del Carlino was 310,000 copies.