introduction of the euro. For the same reason, the name (sixer) remained in use regionally for the half- coin, 5 s. There is a Beethoven rondo for piano, opus 129 (1795) entitled "" (literally "The Rage Over the Lost Groschen", but known as "Rage Over a Lost Penny"). Modern currencies In recent times, the name was used by three currencies in circulation: In Poland, a (plural: or , depending on the number) is a part of a In Austria, a (plural: ) was a part of a (1924–38 and 1945–2001) In Turkey, a kuruş is a 1/100 part of lira. Likewise, in Germany groschen remained a slang term for the 10 pfennig coin, thus a part both of the (West German) Deutsche Mark and the East German mark. The word has lost popularity with the introduction of the euro, although it can still be heard on occasion, especially from older people. The Ukrainian and Belarusian common word for money, , derives from the word "grosh." In Bulgaria, the (Cyrillic: ) was used as a currency until the lev was introduced in the 19th century. In Palestine during the British Mandate, a grush was a coin with a hole in it, valued at part of a pound (ten mils). It was named after an Ottoman coin. When the pound was replaced by the lira after Israeli statehood in 1948, the name was transferred to a coin (no longer with a hole) worth of a lira (ten perutot, later one agora). The name persisted for a while after the lira was replaced by the shekel in 1980 (one new agora, worth ten old agorot), but it gradually lost its standing as the name of a certain coin. Now it is slang for a very small value. Austria introduced the groschen in 1924 as the subdivision of the . It was restored, along with the , in 1945 and continued in use until the introduction of the euro in 2002. Legacy In the Russian language there exists a sarcastic expression "a grosh is the price" () that is used as a label for things that are not worth anything. See also General Coinage of Saxony Groat (coin) , The Threepenny Opera Venetian grosso Kraków Types of groschen Apfelgroschen (orb groschen) Bartgroschen (beard groschen) Fürstengroschen (prince's groschen) Guldengroschen (guilder groschen) Helmgroschen (helmet groschen) Horngroschen (horn groschen) Judenkopfgroschen (Jew's head groschen) Margarethengroschen (Margaret's groschen) Neugroschen