Definizione

• In 1493 Her- mann IV, Archbishop of Cologne, the duke of Julich and Berg, and the municipal authorities of the city of Cologne, held a conference to adjust the irregular mone- tary system then prevalent, and agreed upon the following values : Weisspfennige, 24 to a Gulden; Blanken, 12 to a Gulden; Double Buyschen, 18 to a Gulden; Simple Buyschen, 36 to a Gulden; Half Buyschen, 72 to a Gulden; Old Morchen (Moergyhe), 8 to a Weisspfennig ; Neu Morchen: 12 to a Weisspfennig.

  The above appears to be an early refer- ence to a small copper coin which derived its name from a bouquet or bunch of flow- ers and leaves which appeared on one side. These coins were later identified with the city of Aachen, or Aix-la-Chapelle. The obsidional pieces of six and twelve sols issued in 1597 are sometimes called Bu- schen, and in the seventeenth and eigh- teenth centuries the twelve and four Hel- ler pieces had a respective value of three and one Buschen. They were Struck as late as 1790 or 1792 and were abolished by the Prussian coinage system of 1821.

Fonte

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

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