Sechsling

With the treaty (Rezess) of 1392, the Sechsling became part of the monetary system within the Wendish Coinage Union and was thus a so-called 'Union coin' (Vereinsmünze).

In addition to Lübeck, it was therefore issued by Hamburg, Lüneburg and Wismar.

The Sechsling was minted until the dissolution of the Wendish Coinage Union after the middle of the 16th century.

Deriving from the Prussian silver groschen (1⁄30 Thaler), after the introduction of the imperial Mark in 1871, the equivalent 10 Pfennig coin was popularly referred to in Germany as a Groschen.

In the Berlin dialect, the term Sechser for half a Groschen was simply transferred to the 5 Pfennig coin; this designation is still occasionally heard in relation to the 5 euro cent coin.