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Tornesel

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A denier tournois ; inscription reads: +PHILIPVS*REX / +TVRONVS*CIVI[TATI]S. Denier tournois 1270.jpg
A denier tournois; inscription reads:
+PHILIPVS•REX / +TVRONVS•CIVI[TATI]S.

The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern era.

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History

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] His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 bezant = 20 groats = 133⅓ tornesel. [1]

The reverse of a Two Sicilies 1/2 -tornese coin Two Sicilies 1849 coin - half tornese (reverse).jpg
The reverse of a Two Sicilies ½-tornese coin

The tornese was a subunit of the Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Two Sicilies ducats.

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References

  1. 1 2 Henry Yule. The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition. Third edition (1903), revised and updated by Henri Cordier. Plain Label Books. p. 1226-27. ( ISBN   1603036156)


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