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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 791357, member: 112&quot;]I mean that the Russian government intentionally minted copies of the Netherlnads ducats and they did it for years. They made their own dies, they used the same fineness of gold and they minted and then issued the coins into circulation. They did this for almost 100 years. They did this until the Netherlands government politley asked them to stop doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to why - they did it because the Netherlands ducat was most widely and readily accepted coin there was at the time. Every country in Europe and the parts of Asia and Africa surrounding the Mediterranean accepted this coin without question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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