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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.
The Netherlands Antillean guilder (Dutch: gulden; Papiamento: florin) is the currency of Curaçao and Sint Maarten, which until 2010 formed the Netherlands Antilles along with Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius. It is subdivided into 100 cents (Dutch plural: centen).
With increasingly standardized currencies in the early modern period, gulden or guilder became a term for various early modern and modern currencies, detached from actual gold coins. The Dutch guilder first emerged as the currency of the Burgundian Netherlands after the monetary reforms of 1435, under Philip the Good.
While the Dutch guilder was a reserve currency of somewhat lesser scope, used between Europe and the territories of the Dutch colonial empire from the 17th to 18th centuries, it was also a silver standard currency fed with the output of Spanish-American mines flowing through the Spanish Netherlands.
The One guilder coin was a coin struck in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1818 and 2001. It remained in circulation until 2002 when the guilder currency was replaced by the euro . No guilder coins were minted in the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II .
Guilder banknotes, designs, and issues [2] Period 1 guilder 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 guilder 20 guilder 1950 - 1970 Promissory note Queen Juliana [N/A] Promissory note Queen Juliana [N/A] Boerhaave [N/A] Period 5 guilder 10 guilder 25 guilder 50 guilder 100 guilder 250 guilder 1000 guilder Main theme 1947 - 1950 William I / Mill by Ruijsdael [N/A] Flora ...
On Dec. 10, 1624, a Dutch water authority sold a bond for 1,200 Carolus guilders to a woman in Amsterdam, promising to pay 2.5% interest in perpetuity.
The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region. ... Dutch guilder – Netherlands; Netherlands Antillean ...