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Weihemunzen

are not coins but medals or tokens, issued to commemorate the ordination of an ecclesiastic. They usually bear the figure of the Savior and a cross, and were struck in Bavaria, Wurttemberg, and other parts of southern Germany and Austria.


Synonyms: Betpfennige
Source: Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)
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