Grote Publique Deposited
(Plural Groten.) The Low German equivalent of the Groschen, and the seventy-second part of the Thaler. It occurs in base silver and copper in the coinage of Bremen, Oldenburg, Jever, etc. There are multiples of from three to forty-eight Groten. The issue of Groten in Bremen can be traced to the period of Archbishop Baldwin (1435-1442). In the year 1800, 360 Groten were equal to one Pistole.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)