Gouden Peter Publique Deposited
The name given to both a gold and a silver coin of the Low Countries, which obtains its title from the prominent offigy of St. Peter on the obverse. The Gouden Peter, or Pierre d'or, first appeared under Jan III of Brabant (1312-1355). It was twenty-three and one half carats fine and of half the value of the Rozenobel (q.v.). The Zilveren Peter, or Pietre d'argent, was a silver coin issued contemporaneously with the preceding, and copied by Jan V von Arkel, Bishop of Liege (1364-1378).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)