Tornesel
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The tornesel, tornesol, or Script error: No such module "Lang". was a silver coin of Europe in the Late Middle Ages and the early modern era.
History
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See also
References
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- ↑ a b Henry Yule. The Travels of Marco Polo: The Complete Yule-Cordier Edition. Third edition (1903), revised and updated by Henri Cordier. Plain Label Books. p. 1226-27. (Template:ISBN)
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