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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 last red złoty, the "insurgent ducat" of 1831. The red złoty was minted at 3.5 grams of gold. [4] There was also a silver złoty, worth 23.1 grams of silver. [4] In 1526 a monetary scale was introduced in which 1 złoty = 5 szóstaków (sixpences) = 10 trojaków (threepences) = 30 groszy = 90 szelągów (shillings) = 180 ternarów/trzeciaków = 540 denarów ().
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 ...
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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.
Initially called "ducat" (ducato), for the ruling Doge of Venice who was prominently depicted on it, it was called the zecchino, after the Zecca of Venice, since 1543 when Venice began minting a silver coin also called a ducat.
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Bird flu cases are rising in U.S. states, with the first death reported this week in Louisiana. The spread of avian influenza (HPAI) has also impacted the nationwide supply of poultry products ...