coins illustrated here. Nevertheless, bullion for Spain's American colonies allowed the Spanish dollar to supersede the ducat as the dominant currency of world trade. Around 1913, the gold ducat was worth the equivalent of "nine shillings and four pence sterling, or somewhat more than two dollars. The silver ducat is of about half this value." Even now some national mints produce batches of ducats made after old patterns as bullion gold and banks sell these coins to private investors or collectors. Ducat mints Austria. The Austrian Mint still mints single and four-ducats, both dated 1915. Byzantine Empire. The Byzantines minted their own version of the Venetian silver ducat, called the basilikon. Croatia Republic of Ragusa Czechoslovakia Czech Republic still mints gold replicas (1,4,40 and one hundred ducats) Denmark Germany and the Holy Roman Empire; many cities, states and principalities before 1871. Augsburg Hamburg many Hanseatic cities issued their own ducats. Saxony Hungary. The Hungarian mint still mints commemorative coins with 2, 3, 4 and 6-ducats quality. Italy Duchy of Milan Papal States Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Duchy of Urbino Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Netherlands still issues golden and silver ducats having the same weight, composite and design when they were first minted in 1586. Poland (the historical Red złoty) Romania Transylvania Wallachia Russia imitated Dutch ducats due to their popularity. Also issued small quantities of Russian design. Scotland Kingdom of Serbia Spain, all through its domains, including Flanders, the Kingdom of Napoli and the Americas. Sweden Switzerland. Before the Swiss unification, the Swiss also minted ducats, the most well known of which are the Zurich ducats. Kingdom of Yugoslavia Footnotes Notes References See also Coins Gold coins Numismatics Medieval currencies