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==History== |
==History== |
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It took its name from the '''''{{lang|fr|denier tournois}}''''', the {{lang|fr|[[French denier|denier]]}} of [[Tours]]. [[Marco Polo]] referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the [[Yuan Dynasty|Yuan Empire]].<ref name="YULE">[[Henry Yule]]. [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/y#a5823 ''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}})</ref> His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 [[bezant]] = 20 [[Groat (coin)|groat]]s = |
It took its name from the '''''{{lang|fr|denier tournois}}''''', the {{lang|fr|[[French denier|denier]]}} of [[Tours]]. [[Marco Polo]] referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of the [[Yuan Dynasty|Yuan Empire]].<ref name="YULE">[[Henry Yule]]. [http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/y#a5823 ''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}})</ref> His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1 [[bezant]] = 20 [[Groat (coin)|groat]]s = 133⅓ tornesel.<ref name="YULE"/> |
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[[Image:Two Sicilies 1849 coin - half tornese (reverse).jpg|thumb|right|120px|The reverse of a [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies|Two Sicilies]] |
[[Image:Two Sicilies 1849 coin - half tornese (reverse).jpg|thumb|right|120px|The reverse of a [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies|Two Sicilies]] ½-{{lang|it|tornese}} coin]] |
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The ''{{lang|it|tornese}}'' was a subunit of the [[Neapolitan piastra|Neapolitan]], [[Sicilian piastra|Sicilian]], and [[Two Sicilies ducat]]s. |
The ''{{lang|it|tornese}}'' was a subunit of the [[Neapolitan piastra|Neapolitan]], [[Sicilian piastra|Sicilian]], and [[Two Sicilies ducat]]s. |
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The tornesel, tornesol, or tornese was a silver coin of Europe in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern era.
History
[edit]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]
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The tornese was a subunit of the Neapolitan, Sicilian, and Two Sicilies ducats.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b 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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