Dictionary entry

Batz

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Batz (bäts), n.; pl.Batzen (�). [Ger. batz, batze, batzen, a coin bearing the image of a bear, Ger. bätz, betz, bear.] A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.