Definition

• A term formerly emplyed in the North German States, e.g., Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg, etc., to indicate the triple of the lowest existing denomination in use at the time, or the one fourth of some standard like the Groschen.

  During the French occupation of Hamburg in 1809 a billon piece was issued with the inscription I. DREILING. As essay of this coin struck in gold appeared in 1807.

Quelle

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

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