Ducat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ducat
    n 1: formerly a gold coin of various European countries
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ducat \Duc"at\, n. [F. ducat, It. ducato, LL. ducatus, fr. dux
   leader or commander. See {Duke}.]
   A coin, either of gold or silver, of several countries in
   Europe; originally, one struck in the dominions of a duke.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: The gold ducat is generally of the value of nine
         shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more
         that two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half
         this value.
         [1913 Webster]
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DUCAT. The name of a foreign coin. The ducat of Naples shall be estimated in 
the computations of customs, at eighteen cents. Act of May 22, 1846.
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "ducat":
      coin, crown, double eagle, doubloon, eagle, five-dollar gold piece,
      gold piece, guinea, half crown, half eagle, hard money, moidore,
      napoleon, piece, piece of money, piece of silver, pound sovereign,
      roll of coins, rouleau, sovereign, specie, ten-dollar gold piece,
      twenty-dollar gold piece
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