Didn't look lie a ducat to me!
Dave
David Summers
Curators' Professor of Mining Engineering
Director
Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
Adjunct Professor
Nuclear Engineering
University of Missouri-Rolla
Effective January 1, 2008, UMR will become Missouri University of
Science and Technology (Missouri S&T)
On Sep 4, 2007, at 9:11 AM, Alan Johnson wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Tony Oldham
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 3:50 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Harz Mountains World Heritage Site
>>
>> Jochen
>>
>> Is there something you are not telling me? What is a
>> ducket?
>
> He means ducat:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat
>
> From the German Dukatenscheißer (a shitter of gold coins). Where my
> mum used
> to ask "Do you think I'm Rothschild?" the German mum would ask if
> you think
> she is a Dukatenscheißer.
>
> Regards
>
> --
> Alan Johnson, Geotr@ns
> www.geotrans-online.de
> German-English, Geosciences/Technical
> http://geotransblog.blogspot.com/
> Terminus Est
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