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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 767415, member: 112&quot;]Yes, the 1849 is a Russian made copy of the Netherlands ducat of the same year. One of th ekey diagnostics is the tip of the sword extending above the horizontal line of the mint master&#039;s mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you probably don&#039;t know is that your 1818 ducat is also a Russian copy. Two key diagnostics for that are the second and fourth arrows being shorter than on the Netherlands version and the E in BELGII and LEGEM being level. On the Netherlands version they are tilted slightly to the left.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Russians made copies of the Netherlands ducats because they were so widely accepted without question. They made copies of the issues from 1716-1806 and 1818-1867. Diganostics are known for the latter group, but not known for the former.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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