The scudo (
plural
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: ''scudi'') was the currency of the island
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of ...
until 1816.
History
It was subdivided into 2½ ''lire'' (
singular
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*'' Singula ...
: ''lira''), each of 4 ''reales'', 20 ''soldi'', 120 ''
cagliarese'' or 240 ''denari''. The ''doppietta'' was worth 2 scudi. It was replaced by the
Sardinian lira
The lira (: ''lire'') was the currency of the Kingdom of Sardinia between August 6, 1816, and March 17, 1861.
History
It was subdivided into 100 ''centesimi'' (singular ''centesimo'') and was equal in value to the French franc (4.5 grams of sil ...
.
Coins
In the late 18th century, coins circulated in denominations of 1 and 3 cagliarese, 1 soldo, ½ and 1 reale, ¼, ½ and 1 scudo, 1, 2½ and 5 doppietta. The cagliarese denominations were struck in copper, the soldo and reale in
billon
Billon may refer to:
* Billon (alloy), a metal alloy containing mostly copper or bronze with small quantity of silver
People
*Claudius Billon (1896–1944), French air force officer
*Jean-Louis Billon (born 1964), Ivorian politician
*Jonathan Le ...
, the scudo in silver and the doppietta in gold.
See also
*
History of coins in Italy
Italy has a long history of different coinage types, which spans thousands of years. Italy has been influential at a coinage point of view: the medieval Florentine florin, one of the most used coinage types in European history and one of the m ...
References
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{{Historic Italian currency and coinage
Currencies of Italy
Obsolete Italian currencies
Modern obsolete currencies
Kingdom of Sardinia
1816 disestablishments