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Romeo buys poison from the apothecary for the price of forty ducats. The ducat was the name for a coin, usually gold, and sometimes silver, issued by various mints in the middle ages and renaissance, and in some countries up to modern times. The name means the coin of a duchy or polity ruled by a duke. This could mean the Republic of Venice, whose ruler was the "doge" or duke. ("doge" is a local variant on the Italian "duce") The Venetians did issue a coin called a "zecchino" (sequin) in 1284 that is sometimes referred to as a ducat; this may be the origin of the name.

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