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I've been searching for a while now, and have not found any source calling any Maltese coin from the Middle Ages "pataca"/"patacca", or any of the related terms ("peso", "piastre", "real"). Granted, I speak neither Maltese nor Italian.
The only close call I found was at the end of <ref name="old-cbm">
, where the author states some coins (though not the copper ones described in this article!) were called "pezza" (piece) and "oncia d'argento" (silver ounce): "The highest value silver coin minted by the Order was the Maltese dollar, known as the "pezza", "oncia d'argento" or "uqija"".
It might just be my own incompetence, but I'm starting to doubt the name was actually in use at the time. Perhaps a modern-day misunderstanding? They do seem to have used multiple foreign coins during the time.
tl;dr: Please help this article by finding a reliable source that ties in the term with a Maltese coin in use at the time. — Avelludo 03:35, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
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I've been searching for a while now, and have not found any source calling any Maltese coin from the Middle Ages "pataca"/"patacca", or any of the related terms ("peso", "piastre", "real"). Granted, I speak neither Maltese nor Italian.
The only close call I found was at the end of <ref name="old-cbm">
, where the author states some coins (though not the copper ones described in this article!) were called "pezza" (piece) and "oncia d'argento" (silver ounce): "The highest value silver coin minted by the Order was the Maltese dollar, known as the "pezza", "oncia d'argento" or "uqija"".
It might just be my own incompetence, but I'm starting to doubt the name was actually in use at the time. Perhaps a modern-day misunderstanding? They do seem to have used multiple foreign coins during the time.
tl;dr: Please help this article by finding a reliable source that ties in the term with a Maltese coin in use at the time. — Avelludo 03:35, 20 April 2021 (UTC)