Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
%ofemployeesinUSplans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Pension Plan Covers Employees Percentage	17.00%
% of employees in Non-US plans [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Pension Plan Covers Employees Percentage	12.00%
Crane Currency [Member]
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]
Defined Benefit Plan, Funded (Unfunded) Status of Plan	$ (13.8)
Defined Benefit Plan, Benefit Obligation	48.7
Defined Benefit Plan, Fair Value of Plan Assets	$ 34.9

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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan.

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Fair value of assets that have been segregated and restricted to provide pension or postretirement benefits. Assets include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, other investments, earnings from investments, and contributions by the employer and employees.

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Amount of funded (unfunded) status of defined benefit plan, measured as difference between fair value of plan assets and benefit obligation. Includes, but is not limited to, overfunded (underfunded) status.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64852052&loc=d3e1703-114919

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