Dreier (coin)

The Dreipfenniggröschlein, commonly called the Dreier or Dreyer, was a coin initially minted in the Electorate of Saxony from the 16th century.

The Saxon coins referred to as Dreiers[1] were initially minted according to the coinage regulations of Duke George the Bearded from 1534 and were thus initially part of Saxon coinage history.

[2] The coins were initially made of silver or the silver/copper alloy, billon.

[1] The coins, which were stamped with the number "3" and were later only made of copper, spread as a means of payment in other states throughout Central and Northern Germany up to the 19th century,[1] including the Kingdom of Prussia and the Duchy of Brunswick where they were known as Dreipfennigstücke (three pfennig pieces).

[3] But also in other European countries the Dreier was a common small coin.