THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

TERMINOLOGY
the monetary standard of that country at this period
(about 1570). Specimens of the Venetian silver ducat
of the later issues, and of the half and quarter ducat,
occasionally occur, struck in gold. There is a Harz
gold ducat of George III. for Hanover, 1818, and of
George IV., 1821.
Ducat—A term applied to the gold coin of Mary I.
of Scotland, struck in 1558 during her union with the
Dauphin. The moiety was ordered, but does not seem
to be known.
Dump—(i.) The thick small halfpenny of George I.
(1717-18); (ii.) the silver token for Is. 3d. of New
South Wales (1813), cut out of the centre of a Spanish
dollar.
Duro—The Spanish dollar was also known under
the name of cob at Jamaica. The word is thought
to be derived from a Spanish slang phrase coba =
real.
Ecu—A gold coin of Scotland, suggested by the
French one, first struck under James V. in 1525, and
again by his daughter Mary in 1543. A pattern piece
of the same type, with the name of the former, weight
87'8 grs., of a larger module, is known.
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Ekton or hecte, with the half, the sixth, and twelfth—
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Parts of the gold stater of anc ancient Greece
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