The scudo (

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: ''scudi'') was the currency of the island

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

until 1816. It was subdivided into 2½ ''lire'' (

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: ''lira''), each of 4 ''reales'', 20 ''soldi'', 120 ''

cagliarese Cagliarese or callaresito is the name of a series of coins minted at Cagliari (Sardinia). The first Cagliarese, in billon and weighing 0.80 g, was issued by Ferdinand II of Aragon, for a value of two deniers. In the 16th century, under King ...

'' or 240 ''denari''. The ''doppietta'' was worth 2 scudi. It was replaced by the

Sardinian lira The lira (plural ''lire'') was the currency of the Kingdom of Sardinia between August 6, 1816, and March 17, 1861. It was subdivided into 100 ''centesimi'' (singular ''centesimo'') and was equal in value to the French franc (4.5 grams of silver), ...

Coins

In the late

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, 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, the scudo in silver and the doppietta in

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References

* {{refend Currencies of Italy Obsolete Italian currencies Modern obsolete currencies Kingdom of Sardinia 1816 disestablishments