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.

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:

• Netherlands Antillean guilder

Former currencies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands:

• Dutch guilder
• Surinamese guilder

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)

Guilder and Florin are also two fictional nations in the book The Princess Bride.

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Other coin names that are derived from the gold of which they were once made:

• Öre, øre
• Złoty

v • d • e Currencies named guilder, florin or similar Circulating Aruban florin · Hungarian forint · Netherlands Antillean guilder · Polish złoty Obsolete Austro-Hungarian Gulden (florin, forint) · Baden Gulden · Bavarian Gulden · British Guianan guilder · Danzig gulden · Dutch guilder · East African florin · Fribourg Gulden · Lombardy-Venetia florin · Luzern Gulden · Netherlands Indian gulden · Netherlands New Guinean gulden · Neuchâtel gulden · Schwyz Gulden · South German Gulden · Surinamese guilder · Tuscan fiorino · Württemberg Gulden As a denomination British florin · English florin · Irish florin · Italian florin See also Florin sign