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  1. The Dutch guilder was a de facto reserve currency in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. [2] [3] [4] Between 1999 and 2002, the guilder was officially a "national subunit" of the euro. However, physical payments could only be made in guilders, as no euro coins or banknotes were available.

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  3. en.wikipedia.org · wiki · GuilderGuilder - Wikipedia

    The guilder or gulden was the name of several gold coins used during the Holy Roman Empire. It first referred to the Italian gold florin, introduced in the 13 th century. It then referred to the Rhenish gulden (florenus Rheni) issued by several states of the Holy Roman Empire from the 14 th century.

  4. The guilder was adopted as the Netherlands’ monetary unit in 1816, though its roots trace to the 14th century, when the florin, the coinage of Florence, spread to northern Europe, where it became known as the guilder. (Indeed, the abbreviation for the Dutch currency remained “Hfl,” which denoted it as the Holland florin.)

  5. Nov 22, 2021 · This is the beginning of the Dutch Guilder as known until 2002, when it has been replaced by the euro. The guilder was a bimetallic coin. That means, the value of a coin was expressed by two metals – gold and silver, as opposed to only using either one of those.

  6. Guide to Seventeenth Century Dutch Coins, Weights and Measures. Numerous coins, weights, and measures are mentioned in the Dutch records, many of them undoubtedly unfamiliar to either the general reader or the historian. A list of such terms and their values was prepared by A. J. F. van Laer and included as an appendix to The Van Rensselaer ...

  7. In 1378, under Count Willem V (not related to Willem of Orange) the Dutch made their own version of the Florence golden florin (in Dutch: "gulden florijn"). Those two words were too long for everyday use. The coin was just called a gulden (guilder) and in the written language for a certain amount, say a 100 guilders, was written as Fl 100. (the ...

  8. 4 days ago · The Dutch guilder was produced from the 17th century all the way to the year 2002 when it was replaced with the euro. These precious metal coins were originally made of gold and used primarily for payments.

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