, a description of a tornese. Groschen was frequently abbreviated in old documents to gl, in which the second character was not an L (12th letter of the alphabet), but an abbreviation symbol; later it was written as Gr or g.

Names and etymology

The name was introduced in 13th-century France as [denarius] grossus, lit. "thick penny", whence Old French gros, Italian grosso, Middle High German gros(se),

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