Definition

• This is mentioned by Budelius, De Monetis, 1591 (pp. 250, 253), as a silver coin worth nine and one half Pfennige. It is no doubt a corruption of the German word Feuer-eisen, i.e., a steel for striking fire, and the coin referred to is probably the Briquet (q.v.). See also Azzalino.

Source

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

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