The Kreuzer (German: [ˈkʁɔʏtsɐ] (listen)), in English also spelled kreutzer (/ˈkrɔɪtsər/ KROYT-sər), was a coin and unit of currency in the southern German states prior to ...
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the introduction of the German gold mark in 1871–1873, and in Austria and Switzerland. After 1760 it was made of copper. In south Germany the kreuzer was typically worth 4 pfennigs and there were 60 kreuzers to a gulden. Kreuzer was abbreviated as Kr, kr, K or Xr.