The Ticinese franco (plural: ''franchi'') was the currency of the

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canton of

Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eight districts ...

between 1813 and 1850. It was subdivided into 20 ''soldi'' (singular: ''soldo''), each of 12 ''denari'' (singular ''denaro''), similar to the British pounds, shillings and pence system. It was worth th the French silver ''écu'' or 6.67 g fine silver. The frank was the currency of the

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from its establishment in 1798, but ceased issuing coins in 1803. Ticino introduced the franco, equivalent to the frank, in 1813 and issued coins until 1845. In 1850, the

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was introduced across the whole country, to the value of 1 Ticino franco = 1.4597

s. Copper coins were issued for the denominations of 3 and 6 denari, with bullion 3 soldi and silver , , 1, 2 and 4 franchi.

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