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{{short description|Italian medieval silver coin}}
[[File:Ludovico Di Teck - Soldo.jpg|thumb|260px|A ''[[soldo (coin)|soldo]]'' of the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia (state)|Patriarchate of Aquileia]] issued during the reign of [[Louis of Teck]] (1412-1420).]]▼
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▲[[File:Ludovico Di Teck - Soldo.jpg|thumb|260px|A ''[[soldo (coin)|soldo]]'' of the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia (state)|Patriarchate of Aquileia]] issued during the reign of [[Louis of Teck]] (1412-14201412–1420).]]
 
The '''Soldosoldo''' was the name an Italian medieval silver coin, issued for the first time in the late 12th century at [[Milan]] by Emperor [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Murray Fox|author2=Wolfgang Ernst|title=Money in the Western Legal Tradition: Middle Ages to Bretton Woods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VC3oCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA257|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870474-4|page=257}}</ref> The name derives from the late Roman coin ''[[Solidus (coin)|solidus]]''.<ref>"[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldo Soldo]". Merriam-Webster.</ref>
 
==History==
It quickly became widespread in Italy where it was coined in [[Genoa]], [[Bologna]] and numerous other cities. In [[History of Venice|Venice]], the soldo was minted since the reign of [[Francesco Dandolo]], remaining in use also after the republic's dissolution in 1797 and during the Austrian occupation, until 1862. In the 14th century [[history of Florence|Florence]], a ''soldo'' equalled 1/20 of a ''[[lira (Italian coin)|lira]] ''and 12 ''[[denaro (coin)|denari]]''.▼
[[File:2 soldi 1867 - Italy, Papal States, Pius IX.jpg|thumb|Copper 2 soldos 1867, [[Papal States]]]]
{{see also|History of coins in Italy}}
▲It quickly became widespread in Italy, where it was coined in [[Genoa]], [[Bologna]], and numerous other cities. In [[History of the Republic of Venice|Venice]], the soldo was minted sincefrom the reign of [[Francesco Dandolo]] onward, remaining in use also after the republic's dissolution in 1797 and during the Austrian occupation, until 1862. In the 14th century [[history of Florence|Florence]], a ''soldo'' equalledequaled {{frac|1/|20}} of a ''[[lira (Italian coin)lira|lira]] '' and 12 ''[[denaro (coin)|denari]]''.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Kleinhenz|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT267|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94880-1|page=267}}</ref>
 
As time passed, the ''soldo'' started to be coined in [[billon (alloy)|billon]] and, from the 18th century, in [[copper]]. During the reign of [[Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Leopoldo II of Tuscany]] (19th century), it was worth 3three ''[[quattrino|quattrini]]''. The Napoleonic reformation of Italian coinage (early 19th century) made it worth 5 cents, while 20 ''soldi'' were needed to form a ''lira''.
 
The term, used in medieval times to designate the pay of soldiers, became its synonym in both Italian and [[German language|German]] (as [[:wiktionary:soldSold|''soldSold'']]).
 
==See also==
*[[History of coins in Italy]]
 
==References==
[[Category:Coins of Italy]]▼
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Coinage of the Republic of Venice]]
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[[Category:Obsolete Italian currencies]]
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[[Category:Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]]
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