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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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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.
When the guilder was introduced in 1816, it replaced the French franc. It included an inscription (“God be with us”)—the guilder was among the first coins to bear an inscription—to help protect its value by discouraging people from shaving the coin’s precious silver.
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 ...
Aug 16, 2021 · Guilder coins had been exchangeable for euros until 2007. Now, guilder coins retain no worth other than their (mostly subjective) collectors' value. If you still have guilder banknotes, they can still be exchanged for currency until the year 2032.
Nov 22, 2021 · This is the beginning of the Dutch Guilder as known until 2002, when it has been replaced by the euro.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.
All coins from Netherlands, presented with pictures, descriptions and more useful information: metal, size, weight, date, mintage...
