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groschen
Sign in to saveAlso known as groschen coin
thumb|upright=1.4|Barile (large groschen), Florence, 1506
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- Gros tournois
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thumb|upright=1.4|Barile (large groschen), Florence, 1506
Groschen (; from "thick", via Old Czech '') is the (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver coin used in parts of Europe, including some of the Italian states, and various states of the Holy Roman Empire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “groschen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.