A large silver coin of high value, used historically in the Netherlands and other parts of Europe, often worth more than a ducat.
From Dutch 'ducaton,' an augmented form of ducat (using the suffix -on to indicate something larger or of greater importance), created for high-value transactions.
The ducaton was to the ducat what a $100 bill is to a dollar bill—medieval economies needed both small change and big-value coins, so they created inflated versions with fancier names!
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