Bartgroschen Público Deposited
A nickname given to certain Groschen struck by Frederick II and William III of Meis- sen in the latter part of the fifteenth cen- tury. The bearded head with the peculiar pointed hat on the reverse of these coins, which constitutes one of the ornaments in the Meissen armorial bearings, was taken by the populace as resembling a Jew's por- trait. Other nicknames for the same pieces are Bartgroschen and Judenhute.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)