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The ''Dreipfenniggröschlein'', commonly called the ''Dreier'' or ''Dreyer'', was a
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at Google Books were initially minted according to the coinage regulations of Duke George the Bearded from 1534 and were thus initially part of Saxon coinage history. Four ''Dreiers'' were equivalent to 3 ''
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/ref> But also in other European countries the ''Dreier'' was a common small coin.
''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
The ''Dreipfenniggröschlein'', commonly called the ''Dreier'' or ''Dreyer'', was a coin
A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...
initially minted in the Electorate of Saxony
The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony (German: or ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. It was centered around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz.
In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles ...
from the 16th century. The Saxon coins referred to as ''Dreiers''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. 70preview
at Google Books were initially minted according to the coinage regulations of Duke George the Bearded from 1534 and were thus initially part of Saxon coinage history. Four ''Dreiers'' were equivalent to 3 ''
Zinsgroschen
The history of Saxon coinage or Meissen-Saxon coinage comprises three major periods: the high medieval regional pfennig period (bracteate period), the late medieval pfennig period and the thaler period, which ended with the introduction of the ...
''. The coins were initially made of silver
Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...
or the silver/copper
Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu (from la, cuprum) and atomic number 29. It is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity. A freshly exposed surface of pure copper has a pinkis ...
alloy
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, '' billon''.
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
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and Northern Germany
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up to the 19th century, including the Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...
and the Duchy of Brunswick
The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital city, capital was the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick ().
It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ...
where they were known as ''Dreipfennigstücke'' (three pfennig pieces).Richard Klimpert: ''Lexikon der Münzen, Maße und Gewichte. Zählarten und Zeitgrößen aller Länder der Erde'', Berlin: C. Regenhardt, 1885, p. 63Google-Books
/ref> But also in other European countries the ''Dreier'' was a common small coin.
See also
* Dreiling - a coin of the HRE worth 3 pfennigsReferences
External links
''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
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museum-digital is a project of museums to collaboratively publish their data online. Increasingly, it has also been targeting inventorization. Having published information on over 281,000 objects in Germany and 95,000 objects in Hungary, the pro ...
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