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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.
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
Unlike the Welser family, Jakob Fugger's participation in the overseas trade was very cautious and conservative, and the only other operation of this kind he invested in was a failed 1525 trade expedition to the Maluku Islands led by the Spaniard Garcia de Loaisa. [34] There is some evidence that he financed Magellan's famed voyage. [35]
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17th century Dutch portugaleser, bearing a Cross of Christ 1679 Imperial city of Hamburg half-portugaleser, worth 5 ducats. The português attained such international prestige, particularly among the rich commercial cities of the Hanseatic League, that many realms and cities in northern Europe started minting their own versions of the coin, henceforth dubbed portugalesers or portugalösers ...
Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies from pits in a southeastern state plagued by cartel violence since they began excavating the improvised graves at the weekend.
In the video, which was only released on Friday, Aug. 9, the 39-year-old pop star is seen dancing her way through several night clubs of Ibiza and posing on dunes of the Ses Salines Natural Park ...