ducatonn.

Brit.

/dʌkəˈtɒn/, U.S.

/ˌdəkəˈtɑn/

Forms: 1600s ducatone, 1600s ducattoun, 1600s duccatone, 1600s duccatoun, 1600s duckatoone, 1600s–1700s ducattoon, 1600s–1700s duccaton, 1600s–1700s duccatoon, 1600s–1700s duckatoon, 1600s– ducaton, 1600s– ducatoon; also Scottish pre-1700 doucatdonne, pre-1700 doucatdoun, pre-1700 doucatdowne, pre-1700 dowcatdonn, pre-1700 dowcatdoune, pre-1700 duccattoun, pre-1700 dukadoun, pre-1700 duketdown.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian ducatone.

Etymology: < Italian ducatone (1593 or earlier; now hist.) < ducato ducat n. + -one -oon suffix.Compare Middle French ducquaton, French (now hist.) ducaton (1596), and also (probably < French) Dutch (now hist.) dukaton (1653 as ducaton).

Any of various (typically large) silver coins; spec. (a) a silver coin of a type issued by various Italian states during the 17th and 18th centuries, initially created to be the same value as the gold ducat (cf. ducat n. 1); (b) any of various similar coins issued elsewhere (esp. in the Netherlands) during the same period and widely used for trade, particularly in areas controlled by the Dutch Republic (cf. rider n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > European silver coins

teston1545

rix-dollar1589

ducaton1611

florin1716

Reichsthaler1757

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X8 The greatest [Venetian silver coin] is the duckatoone, which containeth eight liuers, that is, sixe shillings. This piece hath in one side the effigies of the Duke of Venice and the Patriarch,..and in the other, the figure of S^t. Iustina.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 126 Weighty Plate pieces, together with Ducatoons, which estimate to be three quarters of the Money now currant in Ireland.

1704 Proclam. Rates Foreign Coins in Amer. 18 June in London Gaz. No. 4029/1 Duccatoons of Flanders, Twenty Peny-weight and Twenty one Grains, Five Shillings and Six Pence.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ducatoon, a Silver Coin, struck chiefly in Italy, particularly at Milan, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Lucca, Mantua, and Parma; Tho' there are also Dutch, and Flemish Ducatoons... There is also a Gold Ducatoon, struck and current chiefly in Holland.

1792 W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea xx. 257 There is..a difference in the value of the ducatoon, which at Batavia is 80 stivers, and in Holland only 63 stivers.

1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 205/2 He had possessed himself of a ducatoon.

1881 Times 27 July 8/4 They were chiefly ducatoons; there were also a few Spanish and other gold pieces.

1895 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Nov. 1439/1 Ducaton of 1619, struck for Brabant.

1920 K. M. Jeffreys tr. Memorandum of Commissary J.A. de Mist 279 The Rixdollar is an imaginary coin or so-called money of account, valued at 48 stuivers or 2/3 of a ducaton or driegulden.

1965 Mariner's Mirror 51 78 The coins..are all of Spanish origin and comprise ducatoons, and pieces of two, four and eight.

2011 M. Shutty One Coin is Never Enough xv. 177 (caption) A Dutch Ducaton (or ‘leg dollar’) from unknown sea salvage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ducaton
释义	ducatonn. Brit. /dʌkəˈtɒn/, U.S. /ˌdəkəˈtɑn/ Forms: 1600s ducatone, 1600s ducattoun, 1600s duccatone, 1600s duccatoun, 1600s duckatoone, 1600s–1700s ducattoon, 1600s–1700s duccaton, 1600s–1700s duccatoon, 1600s–1700s duckatoon, 1600s– ducaton, 1600s– ducatoon; also Scottish pre-1700 doucatdonne, pre-1700 doucatdoun, pre-1700 doucatdowne, pre-1700 dowcatdonn, pre-1700 dowcatdoune, pre-1700 duccattoun, pre-1700 dukadoun, pre-1700 duketdown. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian ducatone. Etymology: < Italian ducatone (1593 or earlier; now hist.) < ducato ducat n. + -one -oon suffix.Compare Middle French ducquaton, French (now hist.) ducaton (1596), and also (probably < French) Dutch (now hist.) dukaton (1653 as ducaton). Any of various (typically large) silver coins; spec. (a) a silver coin of a type issued by various Italian states during the 17th and 18th centuries, initially created to be the same value as the gold ducat (cf. ducat n. 1); (b) any of various similar coins issued elsewhere (esp. in the Netherlands) during the same period and widely used for trade, particularly in areas controlled by the Dutch Republic (cf. rider n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > European silver coins teston1545 rix-dollar1589 ducaton1611 florin1716 Reichsthaler1757 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. X8 The greatest [Venetian silver coin] is the duckatoone, which containeth eight liuers, that is, sixe shillings. This piece hath in one side the effigies of the Duke of Venice and the Patriarch,..and in the other, the figure of S^t. Iustina. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 126 Weighty Plate pieces, together with Ducatoons, which estimate to be three quarters of the Money now currant in Ireland. 1704 Proclam. Rates Foreign Coins in Amer. 18 June in London Gaz. No. 4029/1 Duccatoons of Flanders, Twenty Peny-weight and Twenty one Grains, Five Shillings and Six Pence. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Ducatoon, a Silver Coin, struck chiefly in Italy, particularly at Milan, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Lucca, Mantua, and Parma; Tho' there are also Dutch, and Flemish Ducatoons... There is also a Gold Ducatoon, struck and current chiefly in Holland. 1792 W. Bligh Voy. to South Sea xx. 257 There is..a difference in the value of the ducatoon, which at Batavia is 80 stivers, and in Holland only 63 stivers. 1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 205/2 He had possessed himself of a ducatoon. 1881 Times 27 July 8/4 They were chiefly ducatoons; there were also a few Spanish and other gold pieces. 1895 Spink & Son's Numismatic Circ. Nov. 1439/1 Ducaton of 1619, struck for Brabant. 1920 K. M. Jeffreys tr. Memorandum of Commissary J.A. de Mist 279 The Rixdollar is an imaginary coin or so-called money of account, valued at 48 stuivers or 2/3 of a ducaton or driegulden. 1965 Mariner's Mirror 51 78 The coins..are all of Spanish origin and comprise ducatoons, and pieces of two, four and eight. 2011 M. Shutty One Coin is Never Enough xv. 177 (caption) A Dutch Ducaton (or ‘leg dollar’) from unknown sea salvage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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