Crazia Explained

The crazia, plural Italian: crazie|italic=no (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

See also: History of coins in Italy. 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]

An alloy coin of two Italian: 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.

Later in the 19th century Tuscan postage stamps were issued in various values of Italian: crazie.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/crazia_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ Treccani: Crazia, Giuseppe Castellani (Enciclopedia Italiana)
  2. https://www.ilpostalista.it/arezzo/arezzo_0254.htm "La CRAZIA, moneta per la storia postale toscana", Roberto Monticini