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The gulden (guilder) of 20 stuivers was the currency of present-day Belgium from the 15th to 19th centuries until its replacement in 1832 by the Belgian franc. Its value differed from the gulden of the Dutch Republic during the latter's separation from Belgium from 1581 to 1816.
All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [1] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [2]
Belgium, [a] officially the Kingdom of Belgium, [b] ... From 1832 until 2002, Belgium's currency was the Belgian franc. Belgium switched to the euro in 2002, with the ...
The local name of the currency is used in this list, with the adjectival form of the country or region. ... Belgian franc – Belgium; Burundian franc – Burundi;
Coins of Belgium (5 P, 6 F) Pages in category "Currencies of Belgium" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The euro is the result of the European Union's project for economic and monetary union that came fully into being on 1 January 2002 and it is now the currency used by the majority of the European Union's member states, with all but Denmark (which has an opt-out in the EU treaties) bound to adopt it.
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Belgium was one of the founders of the European Common Market. Between 1999 and 2002, the Euro gradually replaced the Belgian franc (the currency of Belgium since 1830) at the rate of 1 EUR=40.3399 BEF [144] Belgian Euro coins usually depict King Albert II on the obverse.