Dreier (coin)
The Dreipfenniggröschlein, commonly called the Dreier or Dreyer, was a
The coins, which were stamped with the number "3" and were later only made of copper, spread as a means of payment in other states throughout Central and Northern Germany up to the 19th century,[1] including the Kingdom of Prussia and the Duchy of Brunswick where they were known as Dreipfennigstücke (three pfennig pieces).[3] But also in other European countries the Dreier was a common small coin.[1]
See also
- HREworth 3 pfennigs
References
- ^ a b c d Barber, Klaus (2015). Dreier. Altes Kleingeld in 007 ist auf 17. Berühmte Zahlen und ihre Geschichten, Cologne: Bastei Lübbe, ISBN 978-3-404-60821-8 and ISBN 3-404-60821-6, S. 70; preview at Google Books
- ^ Leipziger historische Abhandlungen, Vol. 16 – 18 (1910), p. 20 (note 4); preview at Google Books
- ^ Richard Klimpert: Lexikon der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte. Zählarten und Zeitgrößen aller Länder der Erde, Berlin: C. Regenhardt, 1885, p. 63; Google-Books
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dreier.
- Dreier of the city of Halberstadt, 1633 from the Cathedral Treasury and Cathedral of St. Stephen and St. Sixtus in Halberstadt, part of the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation, images and explanation via the portal museum-digital
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