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Tuscan lira — Restoration account

A tax could be stated in scudi while its value was reckoned in Tuscan lire.1

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Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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A tax could be stated in scudi while its value was reckoned in Tuscan lire. The Restoration government’s 1815 assessments and later state-account series show the lira doing the work of measuring obligations and revenue. This ordinary account was distinct from Florence’s medieval gold-florin reckoning.1

Political unification reached legal documents before it reached every purse. Ricasoli’s decree of September 29, 1859 required courts and notarized instruments to express sums in Italian lire from 1 November. Public offices and municipalities were to change their books on January 1, 1860.2

The decree fixed one Tuscan lira at 84 Italian centesimi and ordered tariffs reprinted in the new unit. Old coins were to be withdrawn gradually, so the change in accounting did not mean that every older coin disappeared on the same day.2

Timeline

  1. Taxes in local lire

    Fiscal records attest the Restoration account.1

  2. The conversion decree

    One Tuscan lira is valued at 84 Italian centesimi.2

  3. Courts and notaries change

    Legal amounts must be expressed in Italian lire.2

  4. Public books change

    State and municipal accounts move to Italian lire.2

Coins and notes

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Legal history and sources
Account evidence
Restoration taxation from AD 1815
Conversion
1 Tuscan lira = 0.84 Italian lire
Public books change
January 1, 1860

Restoration Tuscany used local lire in fiscal accounts. Manetti’s archival study records 1815 taxes expressed in scudi and their lira equivalents, and reproduces state accounts in Tuscan lire. This is a dated account witness, not a foundation date or proof of medieval continuity.1

Tuscany’s decree CCXXIII of 29 September 1859 values one Tuscan lira at 84 Italian centesimi. Courts and notarized documents must use Italian lire from 1 November 1859; public books from 1 January 1860. Article 13 requires tariffs converted from Tuscan to Italian lire.2

Other historical conversions

These replacements, contributions and local conversions belong to the currencies’ histories. They do not establish founding ancestry of the receiving currency.

  • To Italian lira · 1859–1860

    Tuscan accounting was replaced by the existing Italian lira in courts and notarized documents from 1 November 1859 and public books from 1 January 1860. The decree fixes one Tuscan lira at 84 Italian centesimi and orders tariff conversion. This is a later regional absorption, not founding ancestry.

    Conversion terms and evidence ↗

Source notes

  1. Daniela Manetti · Spesa militare, finanza e debito pubblico nel Granducato di Toscana dalla restaurazione all’unità, Storia economica IV(2), 2001, 329–409

    Printed p. 337 notes 43–44; pp. 379–384: 1815 taxation and state-account series, citing Bandi e ordini 1815 no. XCVI and Florence state archives

  2. Government of Tuscany, Bettino Ricasoli · Decree CCXXIII, 29 September 1859, Atti del Governo della Toscana

    PDF pp. 98–100, especially articles 9 and 11–14: 84 centesimi; court/notarial amounts; public books; tariff conversion

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Cite this currency

“Tuscan lira — Restoration account.” The Family Tree of Money. Field Technologies, Inc. Data v52; accessed 14 October 2026.

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