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Austrian gold ducat depicting Kaiser Franz-Josef, c. 1910. The ducat (/ ˈ d ʌ k ə t /) coin was used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages to the 19th century. Its most familiar version, the gold ducat or sequin containing around 3.5 grams (0.11 troy ounces) of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wide international acceptance over the centuries.
The ducat was the main currency of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies between 1816 and 1860. When the Congress of Vienna created the kingdom merging the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily, the ducat became at par a continuation of the Neapolitan ducat and the Sicilian piastra issued prior to 1816, although the Sicilian piastra had been subdivided into 240 grana.
17th century rijksdaalder was set to be equal to from 48 to 50 stuivers (the Dutch equivalent of shillings) and circulated along with silver florins (28 stuivers), daalders (30 stuivers), leeuwendaalders (36 to 42 stuivers; 27.68 g, 0.743 fine), silver ducats (48 stuivers; 28.06 g, 0.868 fine), and ducatons (60 stuivers; 32.46 g, 0.938 fine) [1 ...
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Main building The last ducat minted in Kremnica for circulation (obverse, 1881). 10 krajczár minted during the revolution (obverse, 1848).. The Kremnica Mint (Slovak: Mincovňa Kremnica, Hungarian: Körmöcbányai pénzverde) is one of the oldest mints in the world established in 1328 by the King Charles Robert of Anjou, situated in Kremnica, Slovakia.
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A ducat is a Middle Ages European trade coin. Ducat may also refer to: Ducat (surname) Ducat, Ohio, US, an unincorporated community; DUCAT, an internet service provider in Kazakhstan; Ducat Auction House, founded by Leonid Komskyi; Ducats, an in-game internet currency for Playchess; Orokin Ducats, an in-game currency in Warframe