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• When we began to want water, I saw certain Moors who were officers in the ship who sold a small dish of water for a ducat, and I have afterwards seen a bar of pepper, which is two quintals and a half, offered for a small measure, and it could not be had even at that price. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07
• He lifted the Swedish ducat that hung from her necklace, and said This ducat is in a good place And it came from a good hand," answered Amrei. —  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes
• He sows flattery by handfuls; he will give you his house, his children, his soul, to get rid of a difficulty, and if he does any body a service, it is sure to be from motives of interest In money matters (this is the weakest side of a Tartar) a ducat is the touchstone of his fidelity; and it is difficult to imagine the extent of their greediness for profit! —  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843
• 18. A ducat was a gold coin generally worth about nine shillings p. 70, l. —  Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.
• [8] The name Baharein signifies two seas Footnote 8: A ducat is of the value of nine shillings and threepence sterling MR. WILTON. "Well, Charles; what can you tell us about the little Sea of Aral CHARLES. —  The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea

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