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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 ...
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 chart below details the issues of Dutch guilder banknotes from 1950 to 2002, as well as the subjects featured. Printed and issued dates are included where the issued dates are in parentheses. If in the same year, only one number is shown.
Indian rupee ₹ INR Paisa: 100 2 India, Bhutan: Netherlands Antillean guilder: ƒ, NAƒ, NAf, or f ANG Cent: 100 2 Curaçao, Sint Maarten: Saint Helena pound £ SHP Penny: 100 2 Saint Helena, Ascension Island: Falkland Islands pound £ FKP Penny: 100 2 Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
List of all European currencies Country Present currency Currency sign ISO 4217 code Fractional unit Previous currency Albania lek [10]: L ALL qindarke: none Andorra euro [11] ...
5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France
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.
Adopting another name than rupee would therefore prevent the new money to suffer from the bad reputation of the old. [71] The Indies guilder would be divided into 120 duiten, or 30 stuivers, reflecting the lesser value of the Indies guilder, as the intrinsic value of the Dutch guilder was 24 stuivers. This required however, that to avoid a ...