Thetornesel,tornesol, ortornese was asilver coin of Europe in theLate Middle Ages and theearly modern era.
It took its name from thedenier tournois, thedenier ofTours.Marco Polo referred to the tornesel in recounts of his travels to East Asia when describing the currencies of theYuan Empire.[1] His descriptions were based on the conversion of 1bezant = 20groats = 133⅓ tornesel.[1]
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Thetornese was a subunit of theNeapolitan,Sicilian, andTwo Sicilies ducats.
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