Prague Groschen Metal coins for gaming
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Prague Groschen
If you are wondering which coins appear in the game Kingdom Come Deliverance – yes, they are Prague Groschen.
Metal coins in silver, patinated silver, and gold variants used for gaming.
Diameter: 30 mm. It is a large coin – for reference, the Czech fifty-crown coin has a diameter of 27.5 mm, and 2 euros are only 25 mm.
Material: Metal (zinc) alloy
The Prague Groschen coin is a historical replica – Prague Groschen were widely used as a reliable medieval silver coin in Central Europe during the 14th and 15th centuries.
Description
Prague Groschen / Grosz
metal coins for games in silver, patinated silver and gold gold variants.
Diameter 30 mm. It is a large coin – for an idea, the Czech fifty crown is 27.5 mm and 2 euros are only 25 mm large.
Material: Metal (zinc) alloy
The Prague Groschen coin is a historical replica – Prague Groschen / Grosz were used in Central Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries as a reliable medieval standard for silver coins.
If you are wondering which coins appear in the game Kingdom Come Deliverance – yes, they are Prague Groschen.
The historical one is of course the silver version of the Prague Grosz, the other color versions are made to make it easier for you to create currency systems in games (of course, Prague Grosz can be combined with other coins). Other color variants, which you can see on some of our other coins (patinated silver, copper, patinated copper), are possible on request for larger orders
The Prague grosz was minted in 1300 by the Czech king Wenceslas II. That year, silver veins were found near Prague (in Kutná Hora) and silver mining began – at the time, they were the largest silver mines in the world. This allowed the king to reform the coinage. During the 13th century, the most common coins in medieval Europe were denarii. Their quality fluctuated and by this time the weight was already under 1g, with the purity often being below 50% of the silver content. Wenceslas II. was inspired by Tours, where the French king minted the gros tournois coin. The name itself comes from “velký denár”, later only the “velký” (gross) remained. The grosz was a large and heavy coin (30mm 3.5-3.7g silver, with a high purity of around 93-95% pure silver. Due to the richness of the Kutná Hora mines, the grosz quickly became the standard silver coin in Central Europe.
After Prague, some other cities minted grosz, mainly in Germany, but the Prague grosz was long considered the most reliable and valuable. For example, the exchange rate was in effect when one Prague grosz was worth two Meissen grosz. To give you an idea, let’s try to imagine the value of the Prague grosz as about 10-20 euros in today’s world. There were also smaller coins – half-grosz were also minted, old denarii remained in circulation, which had a value of around a quarter of a Prague grosz, and new small silver coins (parve) were minted, where one Prague grosz contained 12 parve. The Prague grosz became a unit of account – salary was usually calculated in Prague grosz groschen, everyday purchases were converted into groschen and its fractions.
If you are wondering why gold coins did not catch on, it is because their price was too high. If we try to imagine the value of, for example, one gold florin of John of Luxembourg or a gold ducat of Charles IV, it will be more like around 500-1,000 EUR. Which means that most people never held a gold coin in their hands. Gold coins were used to buy houses, estates or other really expensive things and it was the currency of the nobility. Silver coins were much more suitable for everyday life.
During the Hussite Wars, the minting of groschen ceased and was only resumed by George of Poděbrady, but by then its weight had dropped to about 2.5g and the fineness was only around 50% silver and later even less. From the mid-16th century, groschen had already become relatively worthless and when a new coin was introduced – the silver tolar. The exchange rate of both coins was then set at 30 groschen for 1 tolar.. Overseas discoveries caused a huge inflation of gold and silver and the purchasing power of groschens quickly decreased. The minting of groschens ended completely with the monetary reform in 1644.
We originally created coins for our games (http://cestycasem.cz).
Additional information
| Color | Gold, Silver, Patina silver |
|---|---|
| Množství v balení | 1 pc, 10 pcs, 100 pcs, 1000 pcs |
| Žánr/období | Medieval |
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