Cappellone

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Cappellone was an Italian divisional coin and was issued in the Duchy of Modena . The coin was also called a hat because the image of the coin showed the portrait of the duke wearing a hat as a headgear.

The value of the coin was

1 Cappellone = ½ Lire di reggio = ⅓ Lire di modena = 78 Dinari

literature

Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 36