The Apfelgroschen is an historical German coin that was a type of ''

Guter Groschen The ''Guter Groschen'' ("good ''groschen''"), also ''Gutergroschen'' or ''Gutegroschen'', abbreviation ''Ggr.'', is name of the ''groschen'' coin that was valued at of a ''Reichsthaler'' from the end of the 16th century. It was called a "goo ...

'' ("good ''

groschen Groschen (; from la, grossus "thick", via Old Czech ') a (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver coin used in various states of the Holy Roman Empire and other parts of Europe. The word is borrowed from the late Lat ...

''"). It was minted from about 1570 and was so called because it depicted the imperial orb (''Reichsapfel'', literally "imperial apple") with the inscription "24" (i. e. 24 pieces = 1 ''

Reichsthaler The ''Reichsthaler'' (; modern spelling Reichstaler), or more specifically the ''Reichsthaler specie'', was a standard thaler silver coin introduced by the Holy Roman Empire in 1566 for use in all German states, minted in various versions for th ...

'') on one side.Friedrich Frh. v. Schrötter: ''Wörterbuch der Münzkunde''. 2., unveränd. Aufl. d. Ausgabe 1930. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1970. p. 32.

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