Blaumuser Public Deposited

Definition
  • A silver coin of Munster, Cleve, Liege, Dortmund, etc. It is re- ferred to in an ordinance of Bishop Chris- topher Bernhard of Munster dated May 4, 1658, as a Schilling of Brabant or Blau- muser " to be current at three Schillinge and five Pfennige." In Liege it was com- puted at two Groschen and in Cleve at three Groschen.

    The name in Southern Germany was variously written Blomuser and Blomeiser, and it is mentioned by Grimmelshausen, in Simplicius Simplicissimus , 1669.

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

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