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Definition of Batzen

Batzen
Batz Batz, n.; pl. Batzen. [Ger. batz, batze, batzen, a coin bearing the image of a bear, Ger. b["a]tz, betz, bear.] A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.

Meaning of Batzen from wikipedia

- The batzen is a historical Swiss, south German and Austrian coin. It was first produced in Bern, Switzerland, from 1492 and continued in use there until...
- livre tournois. The livre was divided into 20 sols, 10 batzen or 40 kreuzer. After 1690, 30 Bern batzen equated to either a German Reichsthaler (25.984 g fine...
- silver as its most widely used thaler, valued at 4 livres (francs) or 40 batzen of Bern. In 1798 this system was adopted by the Helvetic Confederation with...
- "Ein ****er und ein Batzen", also known by its chorus of "Heidi, heido, heida", (with all three words being modifications of the name Adelheid) is a German...
- later also in Basel, Solothurn and Lucerne. The value of this coin was 10 Batzen. The name franc was taken from the colloquial name of the French livre tournois...
- The Basel Thaler was a currency denomination worth 3 livres or 30 batzen used by the Swiss Canton of Basel until 1798. It was used by both the Canton and...
- represented with a coat of arms inscribed "XIX CANT" or "XIX CANTONE", e.g. 20 Batzen coin minted by Aargau, 1809 (moneymuseum.org), the 1 Frank coin minted by...
- (Italian song) "Drobna drabnitsa" (Belarusian song) "Ein ****er und ein Batzen" "Eisgekühlter Bommerlunder" "Helan Går" (Swedish) "Libiamo ne' lieti calici"...
- Zurich 40 batzen silver coin, 1813...
- the Swiss canton of Bern between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 Batzen, each of 10 Rappen. It was worth 1⁄4th the French silver écu or 6.67 g fine...