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Guldengroschen
Guldengroschen meaning
A silver German coin that was worth one gold gulden in the 15th century and two thirds of a taler in the 17th century.
Example sentences (3)
In 1474 a convert lira was issued but it was in 1484 that Archduke Sigismund of Tirol issued the first truly revolutionary silver coin, the half Guldengroschen of roughly convert.
The Guldengroschen, nicknamed the guldiner, was an instant and unqualified success.
These Guldengroschen are reduced in weight to 29.2 g so as to be minted at eight coins to the Cologne mark.