noun
also kreut·zer or creut·zer ˈkrȯitsə(r)
( -s )
Etymology: German kreuzer, from Middle High German kriuzer (translation of Medieval Latin denarius cruciatus, cruciger, from the cross marking them), from kriuze cross, from Old High German krūzi, from Latin cruc-, crux — more at ridge
: a small coin of silver and later of copper used in Austria, Germany, and Hungary from the 13th to the mid-19th centuries