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The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
The name "Netherlands Antilles" (Nederlandse Antillen) was introduced in 1952. In 1940, following the German occupation of the Netherlands, the link to the Dutch currency was broken, with a peg to the U.S. dollar of 1.88585 guilders = 1 dollar established. The peg was adjusted to 1.79 guilders = 1 dollar in 1971.
In 1818 the Netherlands decimalised its guilder into 100 cents. Two stuivers equalled a dubbeltje - the ten-cent coin. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] After the decimalisation of Dutch currency, the name "stuiver" was preserved as a nickname for the five-cent coin until the introduction of the euro in 2002. [ 4 ]
Its currency was 1 Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden, or florin (NAf.) = 100 cents Its exchange rate was Netherlands Antillean guilders, gulden, or florins (NAf.) per US$1 – 1.790 (fixed rate since 1989).
Federal Reserve Bank (U.S. dollar) float Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands dollar: KYD: Cayman Islands Monetary Authority: 1.00 KYD = 1.20 USD Cuba: Cuban peso: CUP: Central Bank of Cuba: 24.00 CUP = 1.00 USD Sint Maarten: Netherlands Antillean guilder [1] ANG: Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 1.79 ANG = 1.00 USD Curaçao Dominican ...
The florin sign (ƒ) is a symbol that is used for the currencies named florin, [1] also called guilder. The Dutch name for the currency is gulden. The symbol "ƒ" is the lowercase version of Ƒ of the Latin alphabet. In many serif typefaces, it can often be substituted with a normal italic small-letter f ( f).
The Netherlands Antillean guilder (and its successor the Caribbean guilder) and the Aruban florin are pegged to the dollar at a fixed rate of 1:1.79. The East Caribbean dollar is pegged to the dollar at a fixed rate of 2.7:1, and is used by all of the countries and territories of the OECS other than the British Virgin Islands.
Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden, originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc ("gold penny"). This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman Empire for the Fiorino d'oro (introduced in 1252 in the Republic of Florence ).