Show your Dukats

The Dukat was the most common form of coinage. These where struck from 1200s right to 1933 (Yugoslavia)
The weight per unit stayed constant for 800 years/ hence your money had zero depreciation/ unlike today

These came in all sizes 1/32 1/16 1/12 1/8 1/6 1/4 1/3 1/2 3/4
1 1 1/4 1 13/4 2/ 3/ 4/ 6/ 7/8/9/ 10/ 12/ 14/16 right up to the big boys 50/ 60/ 72/ 100

I have close to 300 so far....
I will start this thread off with one from Transylvania

 

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A beauty!

 

4 Ducats, Franz Joseph I, Austrian-Hungarian Federation.

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Milano/ Duchy
AV Ducato ND Milano Mint
Filippo Maria Visconti 1412-47 Duke of Milano
Back in 1400s rulers actually led their armies into battle/ unlike today.

 

Here's one!

 

Here's another....
Frankfurt/ Imperial City/ under French Occupation
AV Dukat 1796

In 1792 the crappy Prussian Army was defeated by a ragtag French force made up off poorly trained revolutionaries at Valmy. Thus part of Prussia was under French rule. Prussia under Friedrich Wilhelm I/ Friedrich II der Grosse fielded the best trained armies in Europe/ after Friedrich II died, it went all downhill. By 1815, a resurgent Prussian army helped defeat Napoleon at Waterloo.

 

Only have a lowly 1915 Austria 1 Ducat (Restrike)

 

Valencia
AV Ducato ND
Valencia Mint
Fernando II of Aragon 1504-16

 

I own several, I really like the Dutch and Russian examples. But I have searched a long time for aureus magnus ducats that were struck in Germany from 1955-81.

 

Holy Roman Empire/ Hungary
AV Dukat 1677 K-B Kremnitz Mint
HRE Leopold I 1657-1705

 

John, per our conversation a few days ago, I thought I owned some
Ducats. Most of GoldGuldens weigh 3.25g, give or take .02 g. Ducats
weigh 3.5g My earlier dated Guldens weigh 3.47g, which are .03g lighter.
Here are a couple:

Cologne, Riehl mint On the left image the date is in Roman Numerals,
starting at 6:00 M CCCC XXXVI Goldgulden 3.46g


Cologne, Riehl mint. Date same as above. This piece has the trefoil pointing
to the cross. Weight 3.46g

 

Koln/ Cologne/ Erzbistum
AV Goldgulden ND
Bonn Mint
Friedrich III von Saarewerden 1371-1414
Archbishop von Koln

 

@panzerman I see you posted a Ducat from a region where
your family comes from.

 

Yes, my Mom was born in Cologne/ my Dad/ Julich which is from the Herzogtum of Julich-Cleve-Berg
Here is a Dukat from there....(Julich-Berg)
Julich-Berg
AV Dukat 1711 (Vicariats Issue) Dusseldorf Mint
I really like the Vicariats coinage!
Johann Wilhelm II 1769-1716 Herzog zu Julich-Berg

 

Hoy Roman Empire/ Silesia/ Breslau
AV 1/12 Dukat 1690 SHS (this coin was like pocket change) hopefully you had no holes in your pockets) Which is always a bad thing when carrying around pockets of gold coins!
Breslau Mint
HRE Leopold I 1657-1705

 

The "pine cone" symbol for Augsburg Nice examples!

 

Regensburg/ Imperial City
AV 1/32 Dukat ND (1750)
HRE Franz I 1745-65

This is my tiniest AV coin 4mm.
The "Crossed Keys" symbol of City. "B" = mintmaster Busch
They had some really talented mint masters/ engravers back then.

 

AV Dukat 1633 K-B (Kremnitz Mint)
Holy Roman Empire / Hungary
HRE Ferdinand II 1619-37

In 1633 things looked bleak for Ferdinand and his Imperial (Catholic) Armies. They had just suffered a devastating defeat at Lutzen in 1632. The Swedish King was KIA/ but the victorious Swedish (Protestant) Armies went on their merry way/ looting/ burning/ pillaging Catholic towns/ cities. Got this from Polish Auction.

 

1848 AV 4 Dukaten
Vienna Mint
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Emperor Ferdinand V 1835-48