Grosz (other)
Grosz may refer to: * Grosz, a coin valued as a hundredth of a Polish złoty * Kraków grosz, 14th-century coins of Kraków *Grosz (surname) See also * Gros (other) * Gross (other) Gross may refer to: Finance *Gross Cash Registers, a defunct UK company with a high profile in the 1970s *Gross (economics), is the total income before deducting expenses Science and measurement *Gross (unit), a counting unit equal to 144 i ...

Polish Złoty
The złoty (; abbreviation: zł; code: PLN) is the official currency and legal tender of Poland. It is subdivided into 100 grosz (''gr'').Singular: ''grosz'', alternative plural forms: ''groszy'', ''grosze''. The widely recognised English form of the currency name is the Polish zloty. It is the most traded currency in Central and Eastern Europe and ranks 22nd most-traded in the foreign exchange market. The word złoty is a masculine form of the Polish adjective 'golden', which closely relates with its name to the guilder whereas the grosz subunit was based on the groschen, cognate to the English word groat. It was officially introduced to replace its predecessor, the Polish mark, on 28 February 1919 and began circulation in 1924. The only body permitted to manufacture or mint złoty coins is Mennica Polska, founded in Warsaw on 10 February 1766. As a result of inflation in the early 1990s, the currency underwent redenomination. Thus, on 1 January 1995, 10,000 old złoty (PLZ) ...
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Kraków Grosz
The Kraków grosz ( la, grossus cracoviensis (sing.), ' (pl.), pl, grosz krakowski, german: Krakauer Groschen) were medieval silver coins minted in 14th century Kraków. Following the Bohemian Prague groschen in use since 1300, and other large silver groschen-type coins issued in the Holy Roman Empire, the coin was introduced in 1367 during the reign of King Casimir III of Poland. Its obverse and reverse Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, '' ... sides had the following text: *''KAZIMIRVS PRIMUS DEI GRATIA REX POLONIE'' *''GROSI CRACOVIENSESS'' (sic!) References Medieval currencies Currencies of Poland History of Kraków Groschen {{Poland-hist-stub ...
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Grosz (surname)
Grosz or Grósz is a surname of several possible origins. "Grosz" is a Polish-language surname originally used by Poles and Polish Jews derived either from the nickname from Polish "grosz", a coin, 1/100th of Polish zloty or from Polish spelling of German Groß, meaning "large". Grósz is a Hungarian language spelling of "Groß".''Dictionary of American Family Names'p.91/ref> Notable people with this surname include: * Amihai Grosz (born 1979), Israeli violist * Barbara J. Grosz (born 1948), American artificial intelligence pioneer * Brian Grosz, American singer-songwriter * Dave Grosz (1938–2018), Canadian football quarterback * Dezső Grósz (1898–1987), Hungarian footballer * Edith Grosz (1919–2011), American pianist and music educator based in Amsterdam * Edward M. Grosz (born 1945), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Elizabeth Grosz (born 1952), Australian feminist theorist * George Grosz (1893–1959), German artist in the Dada and New Objectivist movemen ...
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Gros (other)
Gros may refer to: People *Gros (surname) * Gross (surname), the German variant of Gros * Le Gros, the Norman variant of Gros Other uses * Gros (coinage), a type of 13th-century silver coinage of France * Gros (grape), another name for Elbling, a variety of white grape * Groș, a village of the city of Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania * General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) See also * Gros Morne (other) * * Gross (other) * Grosz (other) Grosz may refer to: * Grosz, a coin valued as a hundredth of a Polish złoty * Kraków grosz, 14th-century coins of Kraków *Grosz (surname) See also * Gros (other) * Gross (other) Gross may refer to: Finance *Gross Cash ...