Epitaphium oder Deß guten Geldes Grabschrifft (broadside, Augsburg, 1621/22).

Claims Supported by This Source

1. The beginning laments that the "devil of greed" causes discord over money, and it names and blames Jews as those who melt good coins in a crucible. At the same time, it also blames Christians who bring good coins to money changers, stating, "The Christians who come here are even worse."
2. In the form of a dialogue between a Christian and a money changer, it lists the premiums for one Gulden's worth of good coins: 30 Kreuzer for Heller, 30 Kreuzer for Pfennig, 10 Batzen for Kreuzer coins, 12 Batzen for Half-Batzen, 1 Gulden for Groschen, 1 Gulden for 6-Kreuzer coins, 1 Gulden 5 Plappart for 3-Batzen coins, 4 Gulden 30 Kreuzer for 6-Batzen coins worth 2 Gulden, 5 Gulden 30 Kreuzer for one Reichsthaler, 5 Gulden 30 Kreuzer for a Goldgulden, and 8 Gulden 30 Kreuzer for a Ducat. "The better the gold, the more you pay."
3. It states that the bad currency is "made of all kinds of metals, and if you melt it down now, it won't even make 2 Pfennig worth of good gold," and laments, "The poor suffer terribly, because good currency is being violently destroyed."
4. The image (a copperplate engraving) is a funeral procession for good currency, depicting a person weighing gold with a scale and another striking a die. Colophon: "Zu Augspurg / bey Martin Wörle Brieffmaler im Sterngäßlein."

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