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Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire. [1] His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 bezant = 20 groats = 133 1 3 tornesel. [1] The reverse of a Two Sicilies 1 2 tornese coin. The tornese was a subunit of the Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Two Sicilies ...
Mar 1, 2021 · The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the late Middle Ages and the early modern era. It took its name from the denier tournois , the denier of Tours . Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire . [1]
The ducat was the main currency of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies between 1816 and 1860. When the Congress of Vienna created the kingdom merging the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily, the ducat became at par a continuation of the Neapolitan ducat and the Sicilian piastra issued prior to 1816, although the Sicilian piastra had been subdivided into 240 grana.
- 1⁄2, 1, 1+1⁄2, 2, 3, 5, 10 tornesels, G.5, G.10, G.20, G.60, G.120
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- 1816; 207 years ago, obsolete 1860; 163 years ago
The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the late Middle Ages and the early modern era. It took its name from the denier tournois, the denier of Tours.Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire. His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 bezant = 20 groats = 133+1/3 tornesel. The ...
The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the late Middle Ages and the early modern era. It took its name from the denier Tournois, the denier of Tours. Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the Yuan Empire.
The Parthenopean Republic ( Italian: Repubblica Partenopea, French: République Parthénopéenne) or Neapolitan Republic ( Italian: Repubblica Napoletana) was a short-lived, semi-autonomous republic located within the Kingdom of Naples and supported by the French First Republic.
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