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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 727203, member: 15445&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Hello Billy Kingsley,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I now have photos of all the coins.&nbsp; The two largest copper coins are the Italian States 10 Tornesi and the Brazil 80 Reis.&nbsp; These weigh 31 grams and 28.3 grams respectively.&nbsp; Can you imagine walking around with a pocket full of these?&nbsp; By comparison, the US silver dollar only weighs 26.73 grams.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/ItalianStates182510Tornesi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The 1825 Italian States is quite worn but it is my only example of the “Tornesi” monetary unit.&nbsp; There was a monetary reform a dozen years before this coin was minted.&nbsp; I believe that in 1825, one Tornesi = 6 Cavalli and 240 Tornesi = 120 Grana = 1 Piastre.&nbsp; This particular coin was used in the Italian States of Naples &amp; Sicily.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don’t know much of the history of this area &amp; coinage.&nbsp; If someone would like to chime-in, of course it would be appreciated.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/Brazil189940ReisCounterstamp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The Brazil 80 Reis is dated 1829 and it was originally valued at 80 Reis.&nbsp; It was revalued to 40 Reis and counterstamped (40 over 80 Reis).&nbsp; The Brazil government passed a law in 1835 that caused the 80 Reis to be officially counterstamped to the value of 40 Reis.&nbsp; The host 80 Reis coin is Krause 366.1 and with the counterstamp it is Krause 444.1</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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