The pound was the currency of Lucca

Duchy of Lucca

The Duchy of Lucca was an Italian state existing from 1815 to 1847. It was centered on the city of Lucca.The Duchy was formed in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, out of the former Republic of Lucca and the Principality of Lucca and Piombino, which had been ruled by Elisa Bonaparte...

, issued until 1800 and again between 1826 and 1847. It was subdivided into 20 shillings (Italian

Italian language

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: soldi), each of 3 quattrini or 12 pennies (Italian

Italian language

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: denari).

History

The pound circulated until 1800, when the French franc

French franc

The franc was a currency of France. Along with the Spanish peseta, it was also a de facto currency used in Andorra . Between 1360 and 1641, it was the name of coins worth 1 livre tournois and it remained in common parlance as a term for this amount of money...

 was introduced, accompanied by the Luccan franc from 1805. After Napoleon's fall, the Luccan State remained without an official currency, using both old francs and Tuscan pounds

Tuscan lira

The pound was the distinct currency of Tuscany until the annexation by Napoleonic France in 1807. Ater that year, it unofficially remained in circulation thanks to its silver value until the restoration of Tuscan independence in 1814...

 and florins. The Luccan pound reappeared in 1826 by order of Duke Charles Louis, replacing all circulating currencies. The Luccan pound contained less silver than the Tuscan pound had. Lucca

Lucca

Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...

 was absorbed by Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

 in 1847 and the pound was replaced by the Tuscan florin at a rate of 1 florin = 2 pounds.

Coins

In 1826, coins were introduced in denominations of 1, 2 and 5 quattrini, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 10 soldi, and 1 and 2 pounds. The quattrini denominations and the 1 soldo were struck in copper, with the higher denominations in silver.