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From the Spink Numismatic Circular, London, September 1990, lot 5152.

Finest certified by NGC.

This very rare ducat was struck after the first International Monetary Conference, held in Paris in 1867. The initiative proposed at this assembly was the adoption of a single gold standard, decimalisation and overall international coordination of various currencies. Hence the present gold piece, bearing the dual denominations of DUCAT and ONE HUNDRED PENCE, meeting all three of the Conferences criteria. Due to the difficulties concerned with the pegging of international currencies and the relative values of gold, these initiatives never entered circulation.