See also:

• GROAT (adapted from the Dutch groot, great, thick; cf. Ger. Groschen; the Med. Lat. grossus gives Ital. grosso, Fr. gros, as names for the coin)

GROAT (adapted from the Dutch See also:

• GROOT, GERHARD (1340—1384)

groot, See also:

• GREAT

great, thick; cf. Ger. Groschen; the Med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. grossus gives Ital. grosso, Fr. See also:

• GROS, ANTOINE JEAN, BARON (1771–1835)

gros, as names for the See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin)  , a name applied as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe to any large or thick See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin . The See also:

• GROAT (adapted from the Dutch groot, great, thick; cf. Ger. Groschen; the Med. Lat. grossus gives Ital. grosso, Fr. gros, as names for the coin)

groat was almost universally a See also:

• SILVER

silver coin, but its value varied considerably, as well at different times as in different countries . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English groat was first coined in 1351, of a value somewhat higher than a See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny . The continuous debasement of both the penny and the groat See also:

• LEFT

left the latter finally See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth four pennies . The issue of the groat was discontinued after 1662, but a coin worth fourpence was again struck in 1836 . Although frequently referred to as a groat, it had no other See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official designation than a " fourpenny piece." Its issue was again discontinued in 1856 . The groat was imitated in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland by a coin struck by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David II. in 1358 . In See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland it was first struck by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IV. in 146o .