Blaffert
Sign in to saveBlaffert was the name of two different types of historical European coin. It was also called the Blafferd or, in Upper German, the Plappart, Plappert or Blaphart. It derives from the French blafard meaning "pale" or "bright".
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Blaffert was the name of two different types of historical European coin. It was also called the Blafferd or, in Upper German, the Plappart, Plappert or Blaphart. It derives from the French blafard meaning "pale" or "bright".
== Southern Germany, Alsace, Switzerland == The Plappart was a groschen coin of the late Middle Ages, particularly widespread in Upper Germany. It developed around 1420 from the slightly less valuable schilling. One gulden was worth 20, 24 or 26 Plappert, one Plappert was worth 9, 10, 12, 13, 15 or 17 Stäbler or 15, 16, 18, 19 or 22 Haller. The southern German Blaffert was struck on both sides.