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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvereagle82, post: 162467, member: 1700&quot;]Yes, apparently there is such and thing. I recently came across an auction whereby they had this coin listed under Russia</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ducat 1849, mint mark sword, St. Petersburg. Schl. 141 (Netherlands). 3.45 g. Gold. Extremely fine</b></p><p>&quot;Imitation of the Dutch prototype struck in Russia&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f374/silvereagle82/00264q00.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>With my interest now peaked I quickly grabbed my K&amp;M Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins, nad could not find a ducat listed under Russia. I did find an 1849 listed under Netherlands. </p><p>So I then pulled out my Friedberg Gold Coins of the World and low and behold I found a ducat under Russia... Fr. 161. It has several mint years listed.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question to you all (and especially our resident ducat expert GDJMSP). </p><p><br /></p><p>How can you tell the difference between a 1849 Russian Ducat and a 1849 Netherlands Ducat? The auction listing noted the sword mint mark - St Petersburg, but from what I can find all 1849 Ducats have a sword mint mark. Here is a photo from GDJMSP&#039;s Netherland&#039;s collection:</p><p><img src="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1849_Neth_ducat_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.gdjmsp.cointalk.org/coin_pics/Netherlands/1849_Neth_ducat_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I can see no difference between the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is there there a story behind the Russian Ducat or is the reference listing in the Freidberg and K&amp;M strictly a technical issue and there is no &quot;Russian&quot; ducat??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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