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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 30462, member: 112&quot;]Well indentifying the 20 Mark is the easy part. None were struck prior to 1872 and every one of them, to the best of my knowledge, says 20 M or 20 Mark right on the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Identifying ducats is another matter entirely. Just about every country in Europe struck ducats at one time or another - some of them for hundreds of years. One of them still strikes ducats today&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>But if you don&#039;t have any books to look the coins up you can go by the weight &amp; diameter to identify a ducat - to a certain degree anyway. (I say that because the goldgulden was the same size and weight most of the time.) They will all be 21 or 22 mm, weigh 3.5 gm and struck in .986 gold. There was a series of ducats though struck in Germany from about 1860 that used .983 gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ducats are my specialty - so if wish to identify one - just ask&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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