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The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
By 1626, the alloy had been slightly reduced again (to 77% gold), while the weight was more substantially reduced (to 3.240 grams). In 1409, the Rheingulden standard (at the time 91.7% gold) was adopted for the Holy Roman Empire's Reichsgulden. [6] The Dutch guilder is symbolized as Fl. or ƒ, which means florijn (florin).
Florence gulden (1341). Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden, originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc ("gold penny"). This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman Empire for the Fiorino d'oro (introduced in 1252 in the Republic of Florence).
Gulden is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German guldin [pfenni(n)c] "golden penny" and Middle Dutch guldijn florijn "golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder.
The Dutch One guilder coin struck under the reign of King William II was a unit of currency in the Netherlands. History After the succession of William II to the ...
The Crowned Dutch coat of arms. Country-designation: "MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN"; Coin of the kingdom of the Netherlands . The edge: Plain, God be with us ("GOD ZY MET ONS")
No guilder coins were minted in the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. All of them featured the reigning monarch on the obverse, and until Queen Beatrix in 1982, the national Coat of Arms on the reverse. At the time of its demonetisation, the guilder was the third-highest denomination coin in the Netherlands.
The Netherlands Indies guilder (Dutch: Nederlands-Indische gulden, Malay-Van Ophuijsen spelling: Roepiah Hindia-Belanda [1]) was the unit of account of the Dutch East Indies from 1602 under the United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), following Dutch practice first adopted in the 15th century (guilder coins were not minted in the Netherlands between 1558 and ...