Seismic Sam
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Ducats?
A ducat is like a Jackalope, but it's a cross between a duck and a cat....
The first issue of this coin is thought to have been under Roger II of Sicily, who, in 1140, coined ducats bearing the figure of Christ, and the inscription, 'Sit tibi, Christe, datus, quem tu regis iste ducatus' (or roughly, "Let it be given for you, Christ, that ducat which you rule") (this seems to be a reference to Matthew 22:19-21).
The ducat was introduced by the Republic of Venice in 1284 under the doge (duke) Giovanni Dandolo (1280-1289). The Venetian ducat, called zecchini, featured the Doge kneeling before St. Mark on the obverse and Jesus on the reverse. During the Middle Ages the ducat gained much popularity, as it was easy to mint, and packed quite a value in one relatively small coin. Several cities and small states in Europe – mostly Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – issued multiple, single and fractional ducats. The standard of coin was adopted in Hungary; and for a long time all foreign coins bore the name Ongri, Italian for "Hungarian", where the trade of the world at this period was concentrated. They did not become popular in Germany until a later date.
A ducat is like a Jackalope, but it's a cross between a duck and a cat....
The first issue of this coin is thought to have been under Roger II of Sicily, who, in 1140, coined ducats bearing the figure of Christ, and the inscription, 'Sit tibi, Christe, datus, quem tu regis iste ducatus' (or roughly, "Let it be given for you, Christ, that ducat which you rule") (this seems to be a reference to Matthew 22:19-21).
The ducat was introduced by the Republic of Venice in 1284 under the doge (duke) Giovanni Dandolo (1280-1289). The Venetian ducat, called zecchini, featured the Doge kneeling before St. Mark on the obverse and Jesus on the reverse. During the Middle Ages the ducat gained much popularity, as it was easy to mint, and packed quite a value in one relatively small coin. Several cities and small states in Europe – mostly Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages – issued multiple, single and fractional ducats. The standard of coin was adopted in Hungary; and for a long time all foreign coins bore the name Ongri, Italian for "Hungarian", where the trade of the world at this period was concentrated. They did not become popular in Germany until a later date.
