Coins 1742 year of issue

The coin that played an important role in world trade is the ducat. The development of international trade requires a common currency. In the XIII century, the trade relations of the Mediterranean states are controlled by Venice. In 1274, the gold ducat was minted here, whose stability has been preserved for more than 700 years.

The currency sign gets its name from one of the words of the legend - the dedication, which is applied to the coin. This word: the duchy, in translation - ducat. Coins are minted from gold of such a high metric test, which metallurgy could receive at that time.

Resilience ducat, credibility, contributed to its spread. Coin used in Europe, India, Africa, Egypt, in the East. More than 300 states, mints of cities - states minted gold ducat. Among them:

- Holy Roman Empire of the German nation;

- France and Liechtenstein;

- England and Russia;

- Austria and Sweden;

- Romania and Yugoslavia;

- The Netherlands and Spain;

- Switzerland and Denmark;

- Poland and Hungary;

- Scotland and Serbia;

- Czechoslovakia and Latvia;

- Islands of Greece, etc.

In Germany, the ducat is produced before the formation of the empire in 1871. In 1742, the Dresden Mint minted a gold coin of 6 ducats, weighing 21 g. This is a vicariate coin. This is the name of the coin, which is issued between the death of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, which included the German principalities, and the election of a new one. The Elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus II, mints a coin that testifies to the status of a ruler - the receipt of the rights of the emperor.

On the obverse of the ducat, the Elector Augustus II is depicted, in armor, on a galloping horse. On the reverse side of the coin is depicted a throne on which no one is sitting, with the attributes of an emperor. The circular legend, on the obverse, mentions the imperial vicar and his rights in the provinces of Saxony. The date of issue of the coin is also applied.

Gold Ducat during use saves the same gold content. For many centuries, the coin is considered the main international currency, which replaces the florin, as a standard of European gold coins. Dukat was a means of payment in many countries of the world.