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piccolo
Small coin used in medieval Venice, of an alloy mainly of copper with a small amount of silver. In the ducat system of accounting, 32 piccoli were counted as a grosso and 24 grossi as a ducat. In the lira di moneta accounting system, 12 piccoli were equal to a soldo, and 20 soldi were equal to the lira. Pl. piccoli.