Definition

• (plural Tornesi). A base silver and copper coin, common to many of the Italian states. It occurs in copper under Alfonso I of Aragon, King of the Two Sicilies (1442-1468). For Naples, many multiples exist, the largest being the ten Tornesi, issued from 1819 to about 1860. The name is a modification of the Gros Tournois or Turnosgroschen, though the style is entirety different. Its value was half of the Grano.

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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