Forte Public Deposited
This term, like the Italian titolo, is ued to indicate the fineness rather than the value, and in this sense it is applied to Portuguese silver coins issued under Fernando I; to those struck in Savoy during the fourteenth century under Amedeo VI, to the issues of the Fieschi Family for Messerano, etc. See Fert.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)