Definição

• Probably a corruption of the French verb passer. A name given to pieces of brass or copper resembling coins which had a weight denomination stamped on them and were used by banks, merchants, etc., to determine whether a coin was equal to the necessary weight standard. A well known example is the brass Louis d 'Or of 1772, stamped PASSIR.

  Kelly (p. 8) states that the name Passier Dukaten was used in Germany to indicate such Ducats as were deficient in weight or fineness more than one sixth of a carat.

Fonte

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

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