Groschen of Venceslas II., obverseGroschen of Venceslas II., reverse
The Prague groschen (Czech: pražský groš, Latin: grossi pragenses, German: Prager Groschen, Polish: grosz praski) was a groschen-type silver coin that was issued by Wenceslaus II of Bohemia since 1300 in the Kingdom of Bohemia and became very common throughout Medieval Central Europe.
Groschen (German: [ˈɡʁɔʃn̩] ; from Latin: grossus "thick", via Old Czech groš) is the (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver...
the courtyard, and the minting chamber, called “Preghaus”, where the Praguegroschen were struck. After its reconstruction at the end of the 14th century...
14th century Naples used the grossi gigliati, and Bohemia used the Praguegroschen. (2021) At any one time there might be two or three units of account...
ingots. Also, it is likely that the weight was adjusted to match Praguegroschens: 50 groschens weighed about 189 g (6.7 oz). The three-edged ingots share many...
medieval Europe. As gold had a much higher price, the value of the Praguegroschen significantly lagged behind gold coins from Florence and Venice and...
the Silesian duchies and a one-time payment (20,000 threescores of Praguegroschen). This was finalized at the Congress of Visegrád in the same year,...
20 new groschen, and the mark, worth 48 Schockgroschen were minted. The new groschen was issued by the Freiberg mint based on the Praguegroschen which...
The Meissen groschen (Meißner Groschen) or broad groschen (Breite Groschen) was a Meissen-Saxon silver coin of the 14th and 15th centuries and the regional...
production a royal monopoly and issued the Praguegroschen, which became the most popular of the early Groschen-type coins. Kutná Hora was one of the richest...
Marriages between Czech nobles and Germans soon became commonplace. Praguegroschen issued between 1300 and 1547 The 14th century – particularly the reign...
Hungarian crown exchanged, for a loan of sixty times the amount of 37,000 Praguegroschen (approximately seven tonnes of pure silver), 16 rich salt-producing...
was discovered in the early 1990s and contained a large number of Praguegroschens (6,168 of them were acquired by the Museum of the National Bank of...
I of Cieszyn, who was deeply in debts then. The sale was for 6,000 Praguegroschen. The bishops of Kraków became dukes of Siewierz, the duchy became de...
of Stara Zagość and Bogucice Pierwsze as well as 20,000 grzywnas of Praguegroschen. On the night of 30–31 October 1424 she gave birth to Władysław III...
which allowed him to start issuing vast amounts of silver coins called Praguegroschen. In 1301, another neighbouring monarch died – Andrew III of Hungary...
of a hereditary vassal to the Polish Crown in exchange for 10,000 Praguegroschen and fief Duchy of Belz. The agreement was solidified by marriage of...
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