Groschen

Dime is the name given to different coins. The word is the Italian denaro grosso or the Latin title of Turnosen borrowed: grossus denarius Turnosus to German " thick denier of Tours". Frequently penny was abbreviated in older documents with gl.

• 2.1 German-speaking
• 2.2 Russia
• 2.3 Ukraine and Turkey

History of Dimes embossing

Middle Ages

The first German Groschen, Count Meinhard II of Tyrol shape in 1271 in Merano. The penny was originally a massive coin of pure silver, which was larger than the debased denarius. His character after he is a multiple of the former, over the centuries inflationary in Silver Fineness reduced penny dar. According to one source the city of Trier is said to have even already beaten 1104 dimes like Dick pennies, which then in 1300 the Bohemian groschen from Kutna Hora followed. The new coin soon inspired other Coin Lords and was also the economic need for, due to a higher Münznominal in the beginning of the early Renaissance. Oberitalienische multiple of pennies of the High Middle Ages were analogous Grossini called (see also Schilling ). According to other sources, the name can be traced to the double cross = Crossus the origin of coinage, which was depicted on many coins of this type until about 1500 and then was later replaced until the 18th century by the orb with the number 24.

1328 allowed the Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian Count Adolf VI. Berg in the minting of Turnosen Wipperfuerth. There, until 1346 the oldest pennies were minted in the field of the present Federal Republic of Germany.

Following the example of Tourser Grossus also in 1300 the Prague groschen were minted in Kutna Hora, about 1338/39 of Meissen groschen in the Landeshauptmünzstätte Freiberg the Margraviate of Meissen. Both coins gained national importance and influenced the German coinage strong. The penny to 12 pence was widespread. Only worth half the Polish penny or Grosz was six pence, which is also in Silesia as Grösch ( e) l or Greschendorf ( e) l was spread in the values ​​of 2 ½ to 3 cents.

Modern Times

German countries

Among other things ( 1821 ) there were in Prussia of the 19th century, the denarius ( Sgr. ) to 12 pence in Saxony and the Neugroschen ( Ngr. ) to 10 new pence. Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia could not decide for the consistent introduction of the decimal system. To distinguish it from the old Aerosoft his new pennies, they were called Pfenninge.

The penny dropped down as well as the penny from a Kurantmünze for fractional currency. The last German Kurantgroschen (in terms of the simple nominal value ) was applied in Saxony until 1827 after Konventionsfuß, after which the silver contained in 320 pennies the weight of a Cologne mark had to meet ( 233.856 grams). In Prussia, the penny was already in the 18th century to the fractional currency. The penny was in the German language, usually 12 Pfennig; many regional (small) dimes, eg Neugroschen, Groten (plural: Grote ) in Northern Germany, Eng. Groat, Mariengroschen, Grösch ( e) l were between 2 ½ and 10 Pfennig. Even the later Münznominal " cruiser" to 4 Pfennig arose from the linguistic shortening of the small Kreuzgroschens.

After the introduction of the Mark = 100 pennies in 1871 in Germany, the penny dropped as an independent Münznominal away (see → Goldmark ).

Austria

From 1924 to 1938 and from 1945 to 2001 the penny was the hundredth part of the Austrian schilling. In the majority of " the penny " was a benefit ( in part ) amount less than a shilling or a number of coins meant by Dime denominations. , 10 - - and (rarely ) 5 Dime coins in circulation last only 50 were. The 2 - and 1- penny - pieces were practically no longer used since 1970. 20 - pence coins were withdrawn from circulation in 1959. Lovingly contemptuously there was also the diminutive ( the ) " Groscherl " for the " Zehnerln " and even smaller coins, such as " Three ten - Groscherln ".

Poland

The under Augustus III. , King of Poland and Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus II (1733-1763) in the mint green valley and in Guben embossed Grosze ( Kupfergroschern ) had a value of three Szelągi (copper shillings ). Was between 1815 and 1860 and since 1924 is the penny ( Grosz, plural: grosz ) the hundredth part of the Polish zloty.

Dime in the vernacular

German-speaking

Even after the decimation of the German monetary system, it was still common until the introduction of euro and cent, to designate the 10 - penny coin with pennies. Since the introduction of the euro, this term is commonly used for the 10 - cent coin in Germany, today., With particular emphasis in areas where applied before 1871, the split in penny Credits The penny was so widespread that he has found in many idioms and object names input. So say he gets the point, if someone has something " finally realized ". The common use for a particular purpose and resulted in terms that suggest an independent object, such as Park dimes, as well as pure meaning from transfers such as the nest egg. Especially cheap to sustaining items were Grosch goods or paperback books; this meaning sounds in their title Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht.

Russia

In Russian, the word Grosch is a synonym for small money. In Russia there was the dime ( a copper coin worth 2 kopecks ) since the 17th century. Although it no longer exists, there is still a saying: "It does not cost a dime broken ", which means: " This thing has no value ". In Albania itself " grosh " only 1/20 refers to the old Turkish lira coin " kuruş ", value, and there are also " groshë " ( bean), from which the word was coined, "this is not worth a bean ."

Ukraine and Turkey

Гроші ( Hroschi ), the Ukrainian word for money, and Kurus, the smaller unit is the Turkish Lira is also derived from " dime ".