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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goldducat, post: 2283910, member: 37873&quot;]OK, let me wet your whistle in this subject. As you may read above on this site, gold ducats of The Netherlands were in use mostly for payments of the Dutch East India Company. It&#039;s enough to say what the VOC did during almost 200 years of its activity:</p><p>- was the first trading company worldwide</p><p>- was the first company issuing shares</p><p>- was the largest international company in the 17th and 18th century</p><p>- sent almost a million people from Europe to the East Indies</p><p><br /></p><p>There is much more, but I am sure it&#039;s enough for you to believe that the VOC was one the most special companies in the world history, and the most significant company ever in international trade. Also because it was driven by gold ducats <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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