"The ducat (/ˈdʌkət/) was a gold or silver coin used as a trade coin in Europe from the later Middle Ages until as late as the ...
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20th century. Many types of ducats had various metallic content and purchasing power throughout the period. The gold ducat of Venice gained wide international acceptance, like the medieval Byzantine hyperpyron and the Florentine florin, or the modern British Pound sterling and the United States dollar. In more recent usage, the Ducat has been reinvented as slang terminology for a poker chip (pronounced Duckett)." - (en.wikipedia.org 05.10.2020)
