About The Word Ducat
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Ducat
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What's The Definition Of Ducat?
[n] formerly a gold coin of various European countries
Synonyms | Synonyms for Ducat: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ducat: coin | crown | double eagle | doubloon | eagle | five-dollar gold piece | gold piece | guinea | half crown | half eagle | hard money | moidore | napoleon | piece | piece of money | piece of silver | pound sovereign | roll of coins | rouleau | sovereign | specie | ten-dollar gold piece | twenty-dollar gold piece See Also | coin Ducat In Webster's Dictionary \Duc"at\, n. [F. ducat, It. ducato, LL. ducatus, fr. dux
leader or commander. See {Duke}.]
A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in
Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.
Note: The gold ducat is generally of the value of nine
shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more
that two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half
this value.
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