"The batzen was a coin produced by Bern, Switzerland, from the 15th century until the mid-19th century.
Etymologically, the batzen is most likely named for the ...
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bear (Batz, Bätz, Standard German Petz), the heraldic animal of Berne that was depicted on the coins.Alternatively, the term could derive from a word for "lump, clod", as a colloquialism referring to the low quality of the silver or billon in the coin.[citation needed] Yet other hypotheses[by whom?] suggest that the name is related to the verb ´batter´, meaning ´to mint´, or that it is related to the Italian pezzo, ´piece´.The batzen was originally a silver coin, but by the 17th century it was struck in billon. In Bern´s monetary system, the batzen was worth four kreuzer." - (en.wikipedia.org 07.09.2020)
