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Guilder
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Guilder is the English translation of gulden, Old Dutch for 'golden'. The gulden originated as a gold coin (hence the name) but has been a common name for a silver or base metal coin for some centuries. The name has often been interchangeable with florin.
One and a half guilder was called a daalder (see thaler); two and a half guilder was called a rijksdaalder. The word daalder/thaler is the origin of dollar.
Former currencies of the Netherlands:
Current gulden:
Historical gulden:
- Austro-Hungarian gulden
- Danzig gulden
- South German gulden
- Rhenish gulden (florenus Rheni) issued by Trier, Cologne and Mainz (de:Rheinischer Münzverein)
Historical guilder:
Guilder and Florin are also two fictional nations in the book The Princess Bride.
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| Circulating | Aruban florin · Hungarian forint · Netherlands Antillean gulden · Polish złoty |
| Obsolete | Austro-Hungarian Gulden (florin, forint) · Baden Gulden · Bavarian Gulden · British Guianan guilder · Danzig gulden · Dutch gulden · East African florin · Fribourg Gulden · Lombardy-Venetia florin · Luzern Gulden · Netherlands Indian gulden · Neuchâtel gulden · Schwyz Gulden · South German Gulden · Surinamese gulden · Tuscan fiorino · West New Guinean gulden · Württemberg Gulden |
| As a denomination | British florin · English florin · Irish florin · Italian florin |
| See also | Florin sign |