Crazia
Italian coin
The crazia, plural crazie (from the German: Kreuzer),[1] was an alloy coin with a value of 5 quattrini issued from the reign of Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany (1537 - 1574), onwards.
History
It was imitated by the Duchy of Urbino, the Cybo-Malaspina family at Massa, and the Appiani and Ludovisi families in the Principality of Piombino.[2][1]
An alloy coin of two crazie to the value of 10 quattrini was still being issued in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany under Leopold II (1765-1790), Ferdinand III in 1801 and Louis I of Etruria in 1802. After this date it was replaced by the 10 quattrini coin.[2][1]
Later in the 19th century Tuscan postage stamps were issued in various values of crazie.[2]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Treccani: Crazia, Giuseppe Castellani (Enciclopedia Italiana)
- ^ a b c "La CRAZIA, moneta per la storia postale toscana", Roberto Monticini
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