Definition

• A nickname given to the small silver and billon coins of the Swiss Cantons of Berne and St. Gallen, which have a figure of a bear. This privilege was granted them by Frederick III in 1475. See Blanchet, Nouveau manuel de numismatique . 1890. (ii. 263).

Source

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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