A small coin and former monetary unit of Germany, worth half a pfennig; (also) a coin to the value of one-hundredth of a Korona issued in Austria…

A small coin (originally silver, afterwards copper) formerly current in parts of Germany and in Austria.

A small base silver coin weighing about 0.3 grams, issued in Cologne in the 15–17th centuries.

A former monetary unit of Germany, in early use of varying value, in later use equivalent to one-hundredth of a mark (mark, n.2 2d). Also: (more…

The English name for the German thaler, a large silver coin, of varying value, current in the German states from the sixteenth century; esp. the…

A small coin worth four kreuzers in Switzerland and South Germany; originally having as device the bear of Berne, where it was first coined.

English names for the German coin pfennig, worth 1895 about a tenth of a penny.

Before the establishment of the present German monetary system, a small silver coin and money of account variously = 1/24, 1/30, or 1/36 of a thaler.

A former German coin worth eight or ten pfennigs; the value of this coin.

As the denomination of a coin. Any of various continental European silver and base metal coins equal in value to the mark unit of their place of…

A silver coin and money of account formerly in use in North Germany, of the value of 1/16 mark or 12 pfennigs; (in 1910 slightly over 1d. sterling)…

A German silver coin; a dollar: see dollar, n. 1.

A large silver coin first minted in the early 16th cent. from silver mined in Joachimsthal (now Jáchymov) in the Czech Republic.

a Prussian gold coin of Frederick William I (1713–40), worth about 10s. sterling, bearing the king's head with a queue.

A gold coin of the German Empire (1871–1918), worth 10 marks.