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الذهب البندقي
Sign in to savethumb|Austrian gold ducat depicting Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz-Josef, The ducat ( ) 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 of 98.6% fine gold, originated in Venice in 1284 and gained wide international acceptance over the centuries. Similarly named silver ducatons also existed. The gold ducat circulated along with the Florentine florin and preceded the modern British pound sterling.
The ducat was a gold coin widely used for trade across Europe from the late Middle Ages through the 1800s, originating in Venice around 1284 and containing roughly 98.6% pure gold. Its reliability and high gold content made it one of the most internationally accepted trade coins of its era, circulating alongside other major currencies like the Florentine florin.
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- start time
- 1284-00-00
- Commons category
- Ducato
- Commons gallery
- Ducat
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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البندقي أو الذهب البندقي أو الدينار الأفرنتي كما كان يعرف في العالم الإسلامي و الدوقت أو الدوكات كما كان يعرف في أوروبا، هي عملة تجارية ذهبية أو فضية كانت تستعمل في أوروبا منذ أواخر العصور الوسطى حتى بداية القرن العشرين تزن هذه العملة 3.4909 غرام. حصل الذهب البندقي على قبول دولي واسع، حيث كان عملة معتمدة في الكثير من البلاد الإسلامية.
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