Definition

• Also called Ducatone. A silver coin of crown size first struck in 1598 by the Spaniards during their occupation of the Low Countries. The original types had on one side the busts of the Archduke Albert and his wife Elizabeth, but the name had been previously employed to designate the Philippus Daalder (q.v.). It was usually computed at thirty Stuivers.

  The Ducaton was extensively copied in Savoy, Milan, Parma, etc., and an issue for the Dutch Colonies bears the special colonial mark.

  An obsidional Ducaton was issued for Amsterdam in the war against France, 1672-1673. See Mailliet, Monnaies obsidionales. 1870. (Suppl. iii. 4-6).

Quelle

• Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)

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