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Encyclopedia > Rijksdaalder
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The rijksdaalder was an 18th century Dutch coin worth 2½ gulden or 50 stuiver. Following decimalization, 2½ gulden coins continued to be issued and were known by the nickname rijksdaalder. Jump to: navigation, search The gulden (sometimes guilder in English), represented by the symbol Æ’, 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). ... Jump to: navigation, search The stuiver was a coin used in the Netherlands until the Napoleonic Wars. ... Decimalization refers to any process of converting from traditional units, usually of money, to a decimal system. ...


The similarly named Reichsthaler, riksdaler and rigsdaler were used in Germany and Austria-Hungary, Sweden, and Denmark and Norway, respectively. Jump to: navigation, search The Reichsthaler began as a subsidiary denomination to the Conventionsthaler, introduced in the Holy Roman Empire in 1754. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Riksdaler was the name of the currency used in Sweden until 1873 when it was replaced with the krona as an effect of the Scandinavian Monetary Union. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Rigsdaler was the unit of currency used in Denmark until 1873 and in Norway until 1816. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...


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Dutch gulden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (579 words)
Among them were the daalder of one and a half gulden (30 stuivers) and the rijksdaalder of two and a half gulden (50 stuivers).
250 cent / 2.50 gulden - Rijksdaalder, colloquially riks or knaak, not to be confused with the older valued daalder (1.50 gulden)
All the coins carried a profile image of the Queen on the heads side and a simple grid on the other side.
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