Talk:Dittchen

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Reference as to the value:

  • 1928, Arthur Edwin Kennelly, Vestiges of Pre-metric Weights and Measures Persisting in Metric-system Europe, 1926-1927:
    The Groschen of 10 Pfennig. In East Prussia, it is called a Dittchen.
    A Sechser of 5 Pfennig. Customary in Berlin. Dates back to a time before 1870, when the Groschen had 12 pfennig.