Teutonic Order Groschen

The Teutonic Order's groschen often featured a bold black cross, a design that asserted the order's dominance in the Baltic while mimicking influential Bohemian styles.

This silver coin, minted between 1400 and 1450 in places like Marienburg, circulated amid wars and trade routes. Its weight varied slightly, typically around 1.5 to 2 grams, depending on the silver's purity from local mines. That variability kept counterfeiters busy, or at least that's what the surviving examples suggest.

We don't know the exact mintage figures; records likely burned in later conflicts. What is clear is that these groschens facilitated commerce in a region more focused on crusades than currency.

Some call them mystical relics. They're just coins.