groschen

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So we find again among the records of Emaus that he called upon the butchers to find the necessary money; the meatstalls of the Mala Strana were privileged to find a revenue of sixteen Bohemian silver groschen, a coin dating from the days of Wenceslaus II, towards the new foundation.

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  1. A small silver coin of various kinds current in Germany from the fourteenth century to the present time. Some specimens are distinguished as silbergroschen, kaisergroschen, mariengroschen. The modern groschen is worth about 2 cents.

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  1. German, from Middle High German grosche, earlier and properly grosse, also gros, from Middle Latin grossus, a coin so called: see gross, gros. Cf. grosset.
 

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