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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goldducat, post: 4310233, member: 37873&quot;]Multiple ducats are very different from single and double pieces. Multiples were minted for two purposes: either for a souvenir for some nobleman, diplomat, etc. or for international trade. For the first one it was no important what the weight of the coin or medal is. For the second purpose coins were weighed anyway, so it only was important to establish a corect fineness of gold in coins. That&#039;s why the ducat standard received a wide acceptance all over the world. <a href="https://coinweek.com/world-coins/world-coins-history-netherlands-gold-ducat-part-2-standard-followed/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/world-coins/world-coins-history-netherlands-gold-ducat-part-2-standard-followed/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/world-coins/world-coins-history-netherlands-gold-ducat-part-2-standard-followed/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Why disfigure a beautiful coin? Because when used in trade, it&#039;s value was equal to value of gold in it, so nobody care about condition. Gold pieces marked with their values were easier for merchants to recognize them quickly. A very rare 30 ducats piece was exactly same value as 30 common single ducats. Do you think only 10 ducats marked with X are disfigured? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Look at the 100 ducats specimens here <a href="https://zlotedukaty.pl/badania/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://zlotedukaty.pl/badania/" rel="nofollow">https://zlotedukaty.pl/badania/</a> - one of them was just sold for $2.18M! At a time of minting it this coin was just a value of 350 gram of gold, plus some premium for a nice form, a great souvenir for some VIP. As you see on photos, also such coins were marked with 100 on the edge, as well as you may find a privy mark od a collector (C letter) in the field on the left from the king, and &quot;100&quot; value scratched with a needle on the right side, also in the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting coins became popular in Europe in the 19th century. Prior to that period coins were used as your dollar bills are used today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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