ducatoon

ducatoon
/duk"euh toohn', duk'euh toohn"/, n.
a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
Also, ducaton /duk"euh ton'/.
[1605-15; < F ducaton, dim. of ducat DUCAT]

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