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Definition of Pfennigs

Pfennigs
Pfennig Pfen"nig, n.; pl. Pfennigs, G. Pfennige. [G. See Penny.] A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.
Pfennig
Pfennig Pfen"nig, n.; pl. Pfennigs, G. Pfennige. [G. See Penny.] A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency.

Meaning of Pfennigs from wikipedia

- The pfennig (German: [ˈpfɛnɪç] ; pl. 'pfennigs' or 'pfennige' (listen); symbol pf or ₰) or penny is a former German coin or note, which was an official...
- Mariengroschen, Grösch(e)l were worth between 2½ and 10 pfennigs. The later Kreuzer, a coin worth 4 pfennigs arose from the linguistic abbreviation of the small...
- 1871 to 1918. The mark was paired with the minor unit of the pfennig (₰); 100 pfennigs were equivalent to 1 mark. The mark was on the gold standard from...
- where a groschen was subdivided into 12 pfennigs, hence half a groschen into 6. After 1871, 12 old pfennigs would be converted into 10pf of the mark...
- most common pfennig type of this time, along with the Otto Adelheid pfennig. Saxon pfennigs are the oldest coins minted in Saxony. The pfennigs of the Saxon...
- Norbert Pfennig (born 8 July 1925 in K****el — died 11 February 2008 in Überlingen) was a German microbiologist. Norbert Pfennig was a trained chemist...
- schilling coins, valued at 12 and 30 pfennigs respectively. Until 1857, the schilling was a currency unit for 30 pfennigs or 7+1⁄2 kreuzers. The Austrian groschen...
- example, around 1490, the House of Wettin's silver pfennig currency was: 24 ****ers = 12 pfennigs = 2 half Schwertpfennigs = 1 Spitzpfennig = 1 Bartpfennig...
- Pfenninger Norbert Pfennig (1925–2008), German microbiologist Jörn Pfennig [de] (born 1944), German jazz musician, lyricist Oscar Pfennig [de] (1880–1963)...
- ("pound"), from which 240 pfennigs ("pennies") could be struck. This Carolingian pound weighed approximately 408 grammes. The pfennig and its corresponding...