Meanings
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noun
a large silver coin formerly used in the Low Countries and parts of Italy, especially in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
The Amsterdam bank valued each ducatoon at three guilders.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French ducaton, a diminutive of ducat. Ducatoon is an English variant of ducaton; the name was applied to large silver trade coins of the Low Countries and to similar Italian coins.