W. C a r e w H a z l i t t Coinage of the European Continent

Catalogue of European Denominations 2 1 7
Mitte royal tournois, a French billon coin struck under Philip III.
and IV., 1270-1314, with the titles and a forked cross on obv., and on
rev. a castle without a legend.
Mocenigo, the name given to the Venetian lira or silver piece of 10
soldi (Da Dieci) after the Doge Pietro Mocenigo (1474-76), and apparently
continued, like the marcello, in the following reign.
Moidore, or Moeda (Moneta, money), a gold Portuguese coin struck
both for the home currency and for the colonies. It seems to have been
recognised as a name for a definite piece in the i8th c., and was equal to
4000 reis, or about 275. English. There is the ^ (mimoeda) and the j
or qitartinho.
^Monaco, Italian, silver, value 45. 4d. [The local name Tor the scudo
at Monaco.]
Moneta, a token of value issued under recognised or asserted authority.
It is a term which is
common, with slight modifications, to all the
European languages of Latin origin and the idea is also found in the
;
most ancient Oriental, Arabic, and Mongolian systems of currency or
exchange, as in the Tartar word tengha, an emblem, which is
reproduced
in the Russian tantgha, the source of the well-known piece called a
denga.
Moneta palatina, or palaci, a silver denier, sometimes erroneously
ascribed to Charlemagne, but more probably belonging to the reign
of Charles the Simple (898-923), bears on reverse this reading. The
words may have originally referred to the old rank of the house of Pepin
as mayors of the palace, and illustrate the importance of the royal
precincts even down to a much later epoch. The Palace is specified
among the Carlovingian mints in the Edict of Pitres, 864, and at that
period signified the royal abode for the time being. The elaborate and
far-stretching system germinating and centring in the residence of the
prince was the basis of the territorial terms palatine and palatinate.
Such families as the Carrara at Padua, the Scaligers at Verona, the
Gonzage at Mantua, and the Visconti (Vicecomites) at Milan were at the
outset merely imperial delegates or representatives. A silver denier of
Raymond, Count of Toulouse and Provence, describes him as Comes
Palaci.
Moraglia, a copper denomination, i6th of c., Agostino Tizzone, Count
of Desana, with Moneta Deciensis on obv., and on rev. S. Germanvs. with
an effigy of the saint facing.
Mordowkis, imitations of kopecks by the Mordevas and others for the
purpose of embellishing their dress.
Morveux, a variety of the silver teston of Charles IX. of France, with
a laureated bust, below which are A and O it ;
is
supposed to have been
struck at Orleans by the Huguenots.
*Mostoska, Russian, copper, 4 to a kopeck.