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and the Mediterranean. Overtime, due to issues with divisibility, bimetallist standards emerged, with gold being used for large transactions and silver being used for small, day-to-day transactions. The adoption of bimetallism as internationally recognized hard currency developed rapidly when the ducat began to have a fixed value in terms of silver. The gold ducat originated in Venice in 1284 and gained international acceptance over the centuries.

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