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<p>[QUOTE="AussieCollector, post: 3276955, member: 81093"]Hi all</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was given a Dutch 1974 Ducat for Christmas. I thought it was fascinating that this coin has not changed substantively from the 1648 Ducat I also have.</p><p><br /></p><p>Broadly speaking, the design remains unchanged - over 350 years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]865544[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1648 Ducat</b></p><p>Weight: 3.49g</p><p>Mint: Gelderland</p><p>Obv: Armored knight standing right holding sword on shoulder and clutching 3 arrows.</p><p>Legend - CONCORDIA.RES PAR.CRES.GE expands to <i>CONCORDIA RES PARvae CREScunt GElderland,</i> which translates as Power through unity</p><p>Rev: MO:ORD PROVIN FOEDER BELG.AD LEG.IMP (expands to <i>MOneta ORDinum PROVINciarum FOEDERatorum BELGicarum AD LEGem IMPerii,</i> which translates as "Coin of government of the provincial federation of Belgium Conforming with the law of the Imperial)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>1974 Ducat</b></p><p>Weight: 3.49g</p><p>Obv: Armored knight standing right holding sword on shoulder and clutching arrows</p><p>Legend - Concordia res parvae crescunt, which translates as Power through unity</p><p>Rev: MO. AUR. REG. BELGII AD LEGEM IMPERII (expands to MOneta AURea REGni BELGII Ad LEGEM IMPERII, which translates as "Gold coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by law of the Empire")</p><p><br /></p><p>AC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AussieCollector, post: 3276955, member: 81093"]Hi all I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. I was given a Dutch 1974 Ducat for Christmas. I thought it was fascinating that this coin has not changed substantively from the 1648 Ducat I also have. Broadly speaking, the design remains unchanged - over 350 years later. [ATTACH=full]865544[/ATTACH] [B]1648 Ducat[/B] Weight: 3.49g Mint: Gelderland Obv: Armored knight standing right holding sword on shoulder and clutching 3 arrows. Legend - CONCORDIA.RES PAR.CRES.GE expands to [I]CONCORDIA RES PARvae CREScunt GElderland,[/I] which translates as Power through unity Rev:[B] [/B]MO:ORD PROVIN FOEDER BELG.AD LEG.IMP[B] [/B](expands to [I]MOneta ORDinum PROVINciarum FOEDERatorum BELGicarum AD LEGem IMPerii,[/I] which translates as "Coin of government of the provincial federation of Belgium Conforming with the law of the Imperial) [B]1974 Ducat[/B] Weight: 3.49g Obv: Armored knight standing right holding sword on shoulder and clutching arrows Legend - Concordia res parvae crescunt, which translates as Power through unity Rev: MO. AUR. REG. BELGII AD LEGEM IMPERII (expands to MOneta AURea REGni BELGII Ad LEGEM IMPERII, which translates as "Gold coin of the Kingdom of the Netherlands by law of the Empire") AC[/QUOTE]
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