Guilder
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Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch gulden — from Old Dutch for 'golden'. The guilder 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.
The guilder in the Netherlands was replaced by the euro on 1 January 2002.
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.
Current guilder:
Former currencies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands:
Historical guilders or guldens:
- Austro-Hungarian gulden
- British Guianan guilder
- Danzig gulden
- South German gulden
- Rhenish gulden (florenus Rheni) issued by Trier, Cologne and Mainz (de:Rheinischer Münzverein)
[edit] Guilder in popular culture
- Guilder and Florin are two fictional nations in the book The Princess Bride.
[edit] See also
Other coin names that are derived from the gold of which they were once made:
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