The crazia, plural (from the german: Kreuzer),Treccani: ''Crazia'', Giuseppe Castellani (Enciclopedia Italiana)
was an alloy coin with a value of 5 quattrini issued from the reign of

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, first

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(1537 - 1574), onwards. It was imitated by the

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, the

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family at

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, and the Appiani and Ludovisi families in the

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."La CRAZIA, moneta per la storia postale toscana", Roberto Monticini
/ref> An alloy coin of two 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 es, Luis Francisco Filiberto de Borbón-Parma y Austria en, Louis Francis Philibert of Bourbon-Parma , image =Luis de Etruria.jpg , caption =Portrait by Goya, 1800 , succession = King of Etruria , reign = 21 March 1 ...

in 1802. After this date it was replaced by the 10 quattrini coin. Later in the 19th century Tuscan postage stamps were issued in various values of .

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