House dating back to 1534 in Celle

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House dating back to 1534 in Celle, Germany

Celle offers the most largerst amount of half-timbered houses in Europe. On my walk I came across this building dating back to 1534.

A 'Dukatenscheisser' depicted in Celle, Germany

On the right side of the house there is an interesting figure. In German we call this kind of person a ‘Dukatenscheisser’, which is actually a dirty word. Literally translated it means a man who poohs ducats. Any ideas where the term Dukatenscheisser is come from?