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Dutch New Guinean gulden. The gulden was the currency of Dutch New Guinea until 1963. Until 1950, issues of the Netherlands Indies circulated. A separate currency came into being when West New Guinea became the only part of the Netherlands Indies to remain in Dutch control. The currency was fixed at parity with the Dutch gulden.
The Netherlands Indies guilder (Dutch: Nederlands-Indische gulden, Malay-Van Ophuijsen spelling: Roepiah Hindia-Belanda) 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 1681 ...
The guilder ( Dutch: gulden; ISO 4217 code: SRG) was the currency of Suriname until 2004, when it was replaced by the Surinamese dollar. It was divided into 100 cents. Until the 1940s, the plural in Dutch was cents, with centen appearing on some early paper money, but after the 1940s the Dutch plural became cent .
Jun 22, 2023 · The Dutch guilder, also known as the florin, was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002. The term guilder is etymologically related to the Middle Dutch word for golden: gulden. In ...
The Dutch 1 guilder coin struck under the reign of Queen Wilhelmina was a unit of currency in the Netherlands. History. As a result of the rising silver price after the First World War, from 1922 onward it was decided that the silver content of most Dutch coins would be lowered. Thus a new design was necessary. Design
The year with the highest mintage was 1848, 13.6 million, or 38.7% of the total amount struck is dated 1848. As a result of the rising silver prices after the First World War, from 1922 onward the silver content of most Dutch coins were lowered. Then, on 31 December 1931 all Dutch guilder coins struck prior to 1922 were redeemed and demonetized.
It was nicknamed "Halfje", similar to the Kwartje (the suffix -je is a diminutive in the Dutch language, similar to the English -ie). The coin was worth 1 ⁄ 2 cent or 1 ⁄ 200 of a Dutch guilder and its first version was minted until 1877. The second version was used until 1940.
