Dutch gulden
1 Dutch gulden 2001

The gulden (sometimes guilder in English), represented by the symbol ƒ or fl., was the name of the currency used in the Netherlands from the 15th century until 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (coins and notes were not introduced until 2002). Gulden are still in use in the Netherlands Antilles, a Dutch dependencies. In 2004, the Suriname gulden was replaced by the Suriname dollar. 1 gulden 2001 front File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1 gulden 2001 back File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The euro (€; ISO 4217 code EUR) is the currency of twelve European Union member states: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, collectively known as the Eurozone. ... The Suriname dollar was introduced on January 1, 2004, with one dollar valued at 1000 Suriname guilders. ...

The exact exchange rate, still relevant for old contracts, is 2.20371 Dutch gulden (NLG) for 1 euro (EUR). Inverted, this gives EUR 0.453780 for NLG 1.

History

In the Netherlands, both gold and silver gulden coins were issued. In the 18th century, the silver gulden was divided into 20 stuivers, each of 8 duit or 16 penning. At various times, other coins derived from the guilder emerged. Among them were the daalder of one and a half gulden (30 stuivers) and the rijksdaalder of two and a half gulden (50 stuivers). The names derived from the German thaler. The stuiver was a coin used in the Netherlands until the Napoleonic Wars. ... The rijksdaalder was an 18th century Dutch coin worth 2½ gulden or 50 stuiver. ... Examples of German and Austrian thalers compared to a US quarter piece The Thaler was a silver coin used throughout Europe for almost four hundred years. ...

The symbol ƒ or fl. was derived from another old currency, the florijn.

Following the Napoleonic wars, the Netherlands decimalized, with one gulden equal to 100 cents. However, some of the new, decimal coins continued to bear nicknames based on their values in the older currency system. The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ...

Denominations

At the time of withdrawal, the following denominations were circulating, the 1 cent coin having been withdrawn in 1983:

• Coins - nickname:
  • 5 cent - stuiver
  • 10 cent - dubbeltje
  • 25 cent - kwartje
  • 100 cent / 1 gulden - gulden, piek
  • 250 cent / 2.50 gulden - Rijksdaalder, colloquially riks or knaak, not to be confused with the older valued daalder (1.50 gulden)
  • 500 cent / 5.00 gulden - vijfje

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• Banknotes - nickname:
  • 10 gulden - tientje, joet
  • 25 gulden - geeltje
  • 50 gulden - zonnebloem (sunflower)
  • 100 gulden - honderdje, meier / later: snip (common Snipe)
  • 250 gulden - vuurtoren (lighthouse)
  • 1000 gulden - duizendje, (rooie) rug / rooi(tj)e

At the time of withdrawal, all but the 50 and 250 gulden notes had been issued in a new revision that was the same colour as the older, long-serving notes but with a mostly abstract pattern, featuring a different bird for each denomination. Binomial name Helianthus annuus L. The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the Family Asteraceae with a large flower head (inflorescence). ... Binomial name Gallinago gallinago Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies (Wilsons Snipe) The Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, is a small, stocky shorebird. ... The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire. ...

Older banknotes:

ƒ 5 = poet Joost van den Vondel (until it was replaced by a ƒ 5 coin)
ƒ 10 = painter Frans Hals
ƒ 25 = composer Jan Petersz. Sweelinck
ƒ 100 = admiral Michiel de Ruyter (until replaced by a bird, then an abstract)
ƒ 1000 = philosopher Baruch d'Spinoza Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679) was born in the Große Witschgasse in Cologne. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–October 16, 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. ... Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter, Lieutenant-Admiral of the United Provinces by Ferdinand Bol, painted 1667. ... Baruch Spinoza Benedictus de Spinoza (November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677), named Baruch Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento dEspiñoza in the community in which he grew up. ...

These 1970's "face"-notes and the 80's ƒ 50 (sunflower) and ƒ 250 (lighthouse) were designed by R.D.E. Oxenaar. Eventually all faces were replaced by abstracts, designed by Jaap Drupsteen, see above.

Again earlier, there was a banknote of ƒ 2.50, and longer ago, one of ƒ 1.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Dutch guilder

• Gulden in the Swiss Historical Encyclopedia (in German; also available in French and Italian).
• The Marteau Early 18th century Currency Converter with tools to convert early 18th century Dutch Guilders into the major contemporary European currencies.
• Overview of the Dutch guilder and its history from the BBC
• Banknotes of the Netherlands

Guilder is also a fictional nation in the book The Princess Bride, as is florin.
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