Search results
Groschen (German: [ˈɡʁɔʃn̩] ⓘ; from Latin: grossus "thick", via Old Czech groš) is the (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver coin used in parts of Europe including France, some of the Italian states, England, and various states of the Holy Roman Empire. The word is borrowed from the late Latin description ...
- Prague groschen
Groschen of Venceslas II., obverse Groschen of Venceslas...
- Meissen groschen
Meissen. groschen. The Meissen groschen ( Meißner Groschen)...
- Prague groschen
Groschen of Venceslas II., obverse Groschen of Venceslas II., reverse. The Prague groschen (Czech: pražský groš, Latin: grossi pragenses, German: Prager Groschen, Polish: grosz praski) was a groschen-type silver coin that was issued by Wenceslaus II of Bohemia since 1300 in the Kingdom of Bohemia and became very common throughout Medieval Central Europe.
Groschen ist die Bezeichnung für verschiedene Münzen. Das Wort ist der spätlateinischen Bezeichnung des Turnosen entlehnt, des grossus denarius Turnosus, zu Deutsch „dicker Denar von Tours “. [1] Häufig wurde Groschen in älteren Dokumenten mit gl abgekürzt, wobei das zweite Zeichen aber nicht der Buchstabe l ist, sondern ein ...
The Guter Groschen ("good groschen "), also Gutergroschen or Gutegroschen, abbreviation Ggr., is name of the groschen coin that was valued at ⁄24 of a Reichsthaler from the end of the 16th century. It was called a "good groschen " to distinguish it from the lighter Mariengroschen ("Mary's groschen "), which was only valued at ⁄36 Reichsthaler.
In Austria, a Groschen (plural: Groschen) was a 1⁄100 part of a Schilling (1924–38 and 1945–2001) In Turkey, a kuruş is a 1/100 part of lira. Likewise, in Germany groschen remained a slang term for the 10 pfennig coin, thus a 1⁄10 part both of the (West German) Deutsche Mark and the East German mark.
Meissen. groschen. The Meissen groschen ( Meißner Groschen) or broad groschen ( Breite Groschen) was a Meissen - Saxon silver coin of the 14th and 15th centuries and the regional currency of the Margraviate of Meissen in the Late Middle Ages. It was introduced by Margrave Frederick II of Meissen in 1338/39 and modelled on the Prague groschen.
People also ask
What is a Meissen groschen?
What is a groschen coin?
Why is it called a groschen?
Where were groschen minted?
In mediaeval Austria, there were short and long schilling coins, valued at 12 and 30 pfennigs respectively. Until 1857, the schilling was a currency unit for 30 pfennigs or 71⁄2 kreuzers. The Austrian groschen (also known as the Kaisergroschen, lit. “emperor's groschen / groat ”) was a silver coin worth 12 pfennigs = 3 kreuzers = 2⁄5 ...
