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Bartgroschen

Elector Frederick III the Wise, John and Duke George, Bartgroschen 1492, Mmz. cloverleaf, Zwickau and Schneeberg (Krug 1878)

The Bartgroschen ("beard groschen") was a Saxon coin minted in 1492 and 1493 and embossed with an image of the bearded Duke Frederick III, the Wise (1486–1525). A total of 205,000 pieces were struck[1] at the mints of Zwickau and Schneeberg. The groschen were the first Saxon coins with a portrait of the regent.[2]

  1. ^ Walther Haupt: Sächsische Münzkunde, p. 89
  2. ^ Gerhard Krug: Die Meißnisch-Sächsischen Groschen 1338-1500, p. 119

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