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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3653935, member: 10461&quot;]This is high praise, not because of Doug&#039;s forum prominence, but because of his background in this sort of coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Congrats on a nice acquisition.&nbsp; I love seeing old ducats, particularly the 16th and 17th century ones.&nbsp; I&#039;d like to have another someday.&nbsp; The oldest I&#039;ve had was a 1597 in an old small ANACS white holder.&nbsp; (I forget the grade- think it was XF40 or -45).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The only one I still have a picture of is this holey 1830 that was once on my trademark &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Gold Hat</a>&quot;.&nbsp; Really nothing much more than bullion value in this case, I suppose, but still fun.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FThe%2520Holey%2520Gold%2520Hat%2FHGH-Netherlands-1ducat-1830.jpg&amp;hash=6975ac06e865cf3eae356e7e0e91580c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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