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Message:: [QUOTE="Collector1966, post: 1183938, member: 17919"]It is gold, but not a coin. The "3 ducats" is a fantasy value. According to a Stack's auction listing from 2004, it has the same weight as what a 3-ducat coin would weigh, that is, .3318 ounces, but there was no listing for the fineness. My guess is, it's probably .980. In the Stack's auction, the medal was lumped together with two other gold medals that were sold together for a dirt-cheap price-- $175 for three gold medals totaling 28.65 grams, more than likely containing 27 grams of gold. <a href="http://www.stacksarchive.com/viewlot.php?auction=CG1204&lot=1732&auclink=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdGFja3NhcmNoaXZlLmNvbS92aWV3Y2F0LnBocD9hdWN0aW9uPUNHMTIwNCZoZWFkaW5nPTEwNTQmaGVhZGluZ2xldmVsPTEjbG90MTczMg%3D%3D&PHPSESSID=9362b42ad0726f3d0cb2b11a3f78c357" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stacksarchive.com/viewlot.php?auction=CG1204&lot=1732&auclink=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdGFja3NhcmNoaXZlLmNvbS92aWV3Y2F0LnBocD9hdWN0aW9uPUNHMTIwNCZoZWFkaW5nPTEwNTQmaGVhZGluZ2xldmVsPTEjbG90MTczMg%3D%3D&PHPSESSID=9362b42ad0726f3d0cb2b11a3f78c357" rel="nofollow">http://www.stacksarchive.com/viewlot.php?auction=CG1204&lot=1732&auclink=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zdGFja3NhcmNoaXZlLmNvbS92aWV3Y2F0LnBocD9hdWN0aW9uPUNHMTIwNCZoZWFkaW5nPTEwNTQmaGVhZGluZ2xldmVsPTEjbG90MTczMg==&PHPSESSID=9362b42ad0726f3d0cb2b11a3f78c357</a>[/QUOTE]