Bartgroschen

[2] The groschen coins known as Bartgroschen were initially issued by the Ernestine Elector Frederick III (the Wise) and his brother John the Steadfast.

George, who appears in the inscription of the groschen for Duke Albert the Bold (1464/85–1500), represented his father when he stayed in West Frisia as a result of his military operations.

[10] According to Paul Arnold, the introduction of the large silver currency took about ten years: The Bartgroschen were worth the same as the Schneeberger Zinsgroschen that were distributed from 1496 onwards.

On the reverse you can see the crowned helmet with the Saxon crest between the separated number representing the year and the cloverleaf of the mintmaster's mark.

The medalist of the first silver gulden minted in Annaberg/Frohnau and probably also in Wittenberg in 1500, the so-called Klappmützentaler, was based on the obverse of this coin and also depicted the four coats of arms (Electoral Saxony, Thuringia and Meissen) in the inscription concerned.

[15] The inscription on the sole issue (1492/1493) of the Ernestine duke, Frederick III with his brother John is (possibly also with small deviations - see KRUG):[16] The inscription on the coin shown here, the joint currency (1492) of Frederick III with his brother John and the Albertine Duke George reads:[17]