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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.
The florin (Dutch: [floːˈrɪn]; abbreviation: Afl.; code: AWG [1]) or Aruban guilder is the currency of Aruba. It is subdivided into 100 cents. The florin was introduced in 1986, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder at par. The Aruba currency exchange rate for U.S. dollars is Afl. 1.77 for cash and Afl. 1.78 for traveller's checks ...
No guilder coins were minted in the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. All of them featured the reigning monarch on the obverse, and until Queen Beatrix in 1982, the national Coat of Arms on the reverse. At the time of its demonetisation, the guilder was the third-highest denomination coin in the Netherlands.
Its equivalence of 1 franc = 0.4725 gulden (or 9.52 g silver per exchange gulden, with the gulden currency abolished) doomed the rollout of the higher-valued Dutch guilder, [2] since 20 francs can purchase 9.45 silver guilders which can be melted down to recover 90.84 g fine silver worth 20.19 francs.
The design of the reverse of the guilder coin did not change from 1818 to 1945. The obverse depicts: Portrait of William II facing left, with the artist's signature in the lower right corner of his neck. Title of William II: "WILLEM II KONING DER NEDERLANDEN Groot.Hertog.Van.Luxemburg."; (William II, king of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of ...
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 ).
The design of 1 guilder coins has not changed much between 1818 and 1945. The obverse depicts: Portrait of Wilhelmina facing left. Title of Wilhelmina: "WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN"; Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands. The reverse depicts: The year of mintage; Value (1 – G).