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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 787877, member: 112"]Re-do the math. The first Venetian ducat was produced in 1274. They continued to be made until 1797. That's 523 years. No, it is an important detail. But you missed the most important part. The Venetian ducat was made with the very same design and same specifications  (the one pictured in the article) for that entire 523 years. The Netherlands ducat was also made with its own very same design, and same specifications, for over 400 years (also pictured in the article). On the other hand, the ducats of Germany were made in all sorts of different designs. None of them looked the same. That's the difference and that's what sets the Venetian ducat and the Netherlands ducat apart from all others.[/QUOTE]