Bauerngroschen

The Bauerngroschen, also Burgroschen (Low German: Buur, "farmer"), was a groschen minted in the Free Imperial City of Goslar from 1477 until at least 1490 and continued to circulate until the 16th century.

[1] On the obverse it depicts a coat of arms with an imperial eagle beneath a helmet with a crown and on the reverse Saints, Simon and Jude.

Simon is regarded as the patron of woodcutters, while Jude had no special saintly role for a long time, as he was often confused with Judas, who betrayed Christ for 30 silver coins.

The Association of Scholars (1839), Leitzmann's Numismatic Newspaper (1842), K. G. Ritter von Schultheß-Rechberg (1846) and others also name the Imperial Chapter (Reichsstift) as mint lord for these coins.

There is conflicting evidence as to whether the groschen popularly called the Bauerngroschen was minted by the city or the free imperially immediate Palatine Abbey of St. Simon and St. Jude.