Definition

• The name given to cer- tain gold coins struck by Count Rudolph von Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, in 1440, to confirm his claim to the bishopric, which was disputed. The practice was copied by other prelates to the middle of the six- teenth century.

Quelle

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

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