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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 term daalder continued to refer to 1 1 ⁄ 2 gulden in currency even after the discontinuation of the 1 1 ⁄ 2 gulden or 30 stuiver piece in the 19th century. The rijksdaalder was also known as the silver ducat, which is still minted for collectors in the Netherlands today.
1728: 20 kreutzer, 1 ⁄ 2 thaler, 1 thaler, 1 ducat and 10 ducats; 1758: 1 ⁄ 2 thaler, 1 thaler and 1 ducat; 1778: 1 ⁄ 2 thaler, 1 thaler and 1 ducat; The ducats were in minted in 986 gold, and all other coins were minted in 583 silver. All coins bore on the obverse side the right-facing bust of each prince and on the reverse side his arms.
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.
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This turned out to be a mistake (due to the high silver price) and from 1840 onward 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-guilder coins were produced again. Production stopped in 2002 due to the introduction of the euro. 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-guilder coins continued to be called by their nicknames rijksdaalder, riks, and knaak until the introduction of the euro.
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