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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
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- Ducat
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Le ducat est une ancienne monnaie d'argent et d'or circulant à l'origine dans l'Europe du Moyen Âge à partir du XIIe siècle et dont l'usage se perpétua jusqu'au début du XXe siècle, notamment dans l'Empire austro-hongrois.
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