ducatoon

[duhk-uh-toon, duhk-uh-toon] /ˈdʌk əˌtun, ˌdʌk əˈtun/

noun

a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.

Also, ducaton

[duhk-uh-ton] /ˈdʌk əˌtɒn/ (Show IPA).

Origin of ducatoon

French

1605-1615

1605-15; < French ducaton, diminutive of ducat ducat

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A common punishment costs the master a rix-dollar, and a severe one a ducatoon, about six shillings and eight-pence.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 Robert Kerr

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