World Coins - Dictionary of Numismatic Names.
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Zahlthaler. See Thakr.
Zahlpfennig, from Zahl, a number, is another name for the Rechenpfennig (q.v.).
Zahrah. A name given to the copper twenty Cash piece of Mysore, by Tipu Sultan, in 1792, after the adoption of his new system of reckoning. This system was begun in 1786, and was based on the Muludi, i.e., dating from the birth of the Prophet. The name is the Persian designation of the planet Venus.
Marsden (ii. 722) cites Buchanan, who calls this coin Jora, "perhaps according to the vulgar pronunciation of the first consonant in the Mysore country."
Zamoscia. A name given to the silver coins of two Gulden, struck in Poland in1813. See Noback (p.1347).
Zanetta. A name given to the silver half Carlino, struck by Pliilip II of Spain, as King of Naples and Sicily, and continued by his successor, Philip III.
Zanobio. See Zecchino Zanobio.
Zar-mahbub. See Zer-mahbub.
Zecchino. An Italian gold coin, corresponding in size to the Ducat. Some writers trace the origin of the name to la Zeccha or Giudecca, the mint in Venice. But a more probable etymology is that it was a corruption of Cyzicenus, i.e., a gold coin of Cyzicus. This Mysian city was famous for its electrum or pak "gold Staters, which eircuhitcd under the name of Cyziceni.
The Zecchino was first struck by the Venetians about 1280, and bore on one side a standing figure of Christ, and on the other tlie Doge receiving the standard (gonfalone) from St. Mark. The motto was the same as on the Ducat.
Modena, Mirandola, Savoy, and many other Italian principalities issued Zecchini, all more or less modifications of the original type. The multiples run as high as the piece of one hundred Zecchini, struck by the Doge Lodovieo Manin (1789-1797).
The coin was very popular, and is alluded to by contemporary writers by the names of Sequin, Checkin, Checquin, Chekin, Chequin, Cecchine, Chickino, Chikino, Chicquin, Chiquiney, etc. All of these corruptions are referred to passim.
Zecchino Zamobio, also called Zanobio. A variety of the Zecchino struck at Florence in 1805 for the Zurich banker, Lampronti. It was copied from the Venetian type, and was to be employed in the Levantine trade. The obverse has a kneeling figure of San Zanobio, Bishop of Florence, and on the reverse is Saint John the Baptist.
Zehnbaetzner. See Baetzner.
Zehner. A name given to any coin that represents the tenth multiple of some standard. It was applied to the pieces of ten Kreuzer, which appeared in southern Germany in the sixteenth century, and which bore the figure 10. The same term was given to the Austrian pieces of ten Kreuzer, and to the Swiss coins of ten Batzen.
Zelagh. A copper coin of Morocco, introduced early in the sixteenth century, and of half the size of the Fels.
Zembi. A money of account, formerly used in Sierra Leone. Two thousand Zembis were equal to one Macuta.
Zeni. Another pronunciation of Sen (q.v.).
Zeraphin. A silver coin of Goa. See Xeraphin.
Zer-mahbub, also called Zar-mahbub. A gold coin of the Ottoman Empire, weighing variously from thirty-seven to forty grains. Marsden (i. 372) states that "such of these as are coined in the mint of Constantinople are commonly named Stambul, as those of Cairo are named Misri."
Zesthalven. By a Plucaat of the States General of the Netherlands dated April 10, 1693, the Statenschellinge (q.v.) were struck on a smaller planchet, and reduced to the value of five and one half Stuivers. These new coins received the name of Zesthalven. By a decree of November 22, 1823, they were still further reduced to the value of five Stuivers.
Zevenstuiver. See Guilder.
Zewant See "Wampum.
Ziato, or Zuliato. A coin of Tortona, mentioned in ordinances of 1325 and 1329 as being equal to nineteen and one half Danari of Genoa.
Zilveren Vlies. See Vlies.
Zimmer. A money of account, consisting of forty pelts. See Skins of Animals.
Zinc. This metal, on account of its softness, is not adapted for coinage purposes, but it has been used for necessity money during the European war of 1915, and pieces were struck for Ghent in Belgium and for Luxemburg.
Zingirli. See Toghrali.
Zinnenthurmheller. A base silver coin of Freistadt in Silesia, issued during the sixteenth century. It has on the obverse the letter M, generally supposed to stand for the princess Meehtildis, and on the reverse a tower, from which it obtains its name. See Friedensburg, Schlesien's Neuere Munzgeschiehte. 1899 (No. 638).
Zinsgroschen. The name given to a variety of silver coins, issued in Saxony under" the Elector Frederick III (1486-1525), in conjunction with the Dukes Albrecht
and Johann. They were struck at Schneeberg and Zwickau, and twenty-one were equal to the gold Gulden.
ZIoty (plural Zlote). A name given to the silver Gulden of Poland, introduced under August III (1733-1763), and originally of a value of four Groscher, but later subdivided into thirty Groszy.
The name is derived from Zloto, the Polish word for gold.
Of the later issues of this coin, the best known are the two Zlote, struck during the siege of Zamosc in 1913; the ten Zlote issued from 1820 to 1825, with the portrait of Alexander I of Russia; the Zloty of
fifteen Kopecks, struck from 1832 to 1840, with inscriptions in Russian and Polish; and the piece of five Zloty, issued during the Polish revohition of 1831.
Zodiacal Coins. A luime given to a set of twelve Mohurs and Rupees, struck by Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan (1605-1627), at Agrali, Ahmadaltad, and Lahore from A.H. 1019 to A.H. 1035. The obverse
of each of these coins bears one of the twelve signs of the zodiac, and the reverse has a Persian inscription, frequently indicating the place of issue.
For a detailed account of these pieces see the contributions by .J. Gibbs, in the Journal of the Bomhay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 1878, and Howland Wood, in the American Journal of Numismatics, 1909.
Zolota. See Utuzlik.
Zonnekroon, also called Keizerskroon. A gold coin of Brabant, struck in 1544 by the Emperor Charles V, pursuant to the Ordonnantie of October 29, 1540. It receives its name from the poorly executed figure of the sun on the obverse at the edge of the armorial shield.
Zontle. See Sicca.
Zopf Dukat, or Schwanz Dukat. A nickname given to a variety of Ducat struck by Frederick William I of Prussia, on account of the arrangement of the hair on the king's head; the hair resembling a queue, or pig-tail.
Zudi Budschu. See Budschu.
Zuliato. See Ziato.
Zwainziger. A name given to an early type of the Kreuzer of Tyrol on account of its value, which was twenty Berner. These coins are without date, and bear on one side an eagle, and on the reverse a cross.
Zwanziger. A name applied to the silver pieces of twenty Kreuzer, or one third of a Gulden, formerly in circulation in Bavaria, Salzburg, Austria, etc. The peasantry frequently soldered a loop to them and used them as buttons, hence the nickname " Knopfzwanziger."
Zwarte Penning. A billon coin of Brabant, issued 1385-1387, and of the value of one twelfth of a Groot. See Revue Belge, 1844 (ii. pi. 2).
In 1482 and later Zwarte Penuinge were Zweier. The name given to the copper struck of two kinds, having a respective coin of two Pfennige, i.e., half a Kreuzer, value of four and two Myten. See Korten, and Black Money.
Zwei Drittel. A popular expression for any coin, the value of which is two thirds of some accepted standard. Common examples are those of Prussia, 1796, and later; Hanover under George I, II, and III, etc.
Zweier. The name given to the copper coin of two Pfennige, i.e., half a Kreuzer, chiefly struck at Vienna at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and common throughout Tyrol, Styria, and other parts of the Holy Roman Empire.
Zwittermunzen. See Mule.
Zwolfer. See Pfundner.
Zwolfgroscher. See Dreigroscher.