Definição

• The name given to a silver coin struck by Duke Henry Julius of Brunswick-Luneberg in 1612. The reverse has the figure of a codfish lying on a block, which is being beaten by two hands holding hammers. There is also a satirical inscription implying that some persons, like the codfish, must be beaten to overcome their indolence.

  The type was copied in Hamburg in 1620.

Fonte

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

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