Alias:
Tornez
- Tornês; silver coin, silver piece.
- Silver coin minted by King Dinis. On the front it had five shields displayed as a cross and the Templar cross on the back. This is supposed to commemorate the foundation of the order of Christ from the extinction of the Templars. [http://tudosobrenumismatica-dicas.blogspot.com/2009/11/historia-da-moeda-portuguesa.html]
- Silver coin minted by King Pedro of Portugal. On the front it had five shields displayed as a cross, and on the back it had the crowned head of a bearded man. It had the same wording in latin as the dobras: 'Pedro King of Portugal and the Algarve'; and on the other side: 'May God aid me and make me excel in vanquishing my enemies'. [Pedro, ch. 11: 44-57]
- 1 tornês = 1 Castilian real. [Pedro, ch. 11: 43-56]
- 1 tornês = 7 soldos. [Pedro, ch. 11: 55]
- 1 small or half tornês = 3 1/2 soldos. [Pedro, ch. 11: 55]
- 65 torneses = 1 mark. [Pedro, ch. 11: 49]
- 130 small torneses = 1 mark. [Pedro, ch. 11: 51-52]
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