Kurantmark

German

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Etymology

Kurant + Mark

Noun

Kurantmark f (genitive Kurantmark, plural Kurantmark)

  1. (historical, numismatics) mark courant (currency of the Hanseatic League)
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks [] , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC:
      Dieser Paroxysmus von Entrüstung entsprach nicht den Umständen! Nein, es waren nicht diese 127500 Kurantmark, die ihn in einen Zustand versetzten, wie ihn noch niemals irgend jemand an ihm beobachtet hatte!
      This paroxysm of indignation did not correspond to the circumstances! No, it wasn't those 127,500 marks courant that put him in a state that no one had ever seen before!

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