Bernhardsgroschen Pubblico Deposited
A silver coin of Hildesheim which appeared in 1490 and which has on the reverse a half length figure of St. Bernard with a cross and mitre and the inscription SAC BERWARDV P. See Frey (No. 345).
The concluding letter of the inscription is taken to be the abbreviation of Patronus . Cappe, in his introduction shows that the choice of this saint was an error, and that the blunder occurred in the year 1298, when a new seal was ordered for the city. The patron saint of the city is Godehard, and he appears with his bishop's title S'. God: Episc. in the earliest seal and arch- ives. He further states that the last ap- pearance of St. Bernard on the Hildesheim coins occurs in the year 1552.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)