Gulden
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Gulden is the historical German term for gold coin
(from Middle High German
guldin [pfenni(n)c] "golden penny
", equivalent to the Dutch term guilder. It may refer to a large number of individual historical coins or currencies:
Gold coin
A gold coin is a coin made mostly or entirely of gold. Gold has been used for coins practically since the invention of coinage, originally because of gold's intrinsic value...
(from Middle High German
Middle High German
Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...
guldin [pfenni(n)c] "golden penny
Penny
A penny is a coin or a type of currency used in several English-speaking countries. It is often the smallest denomination within a currency system.-Etymology:...
", equivalent to the Dutch term guilder. It may refer to a large number of individual historical coins or currencies:
- Florin (Italian coin) (1252–1533)
- Rhenish guilderRhenish guilderRhenish guilder is the name of the golden, base currency coin of the Rhineland in the 14th and 15th centuries.- Formation :...
(14th to 15th centuries) - Baden guldenBaden guldenThe Gulden was a currency of Baden from 1754 until 1873. Until 1821, the Gulden was a unit of account, worth 5/12 of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. It was subdivided into 50 Conventionskreuzer or 60 Kreuzer landmünze.In 1821, the first Gulden coins were...
(1754–1873, = South German guldenSouth German guldenThe Gulden was the currency of the states of southern Germany between 1754 and 1873. These states included Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Frankfurt and Hohenzollern....
) - GuldengroschenGuldengroschenThe Guldengroschen was a large silver coin originally minted in Tirol in 1486.The Guldengroschen's name comes from the fact that it has an equivalent denomination value in silver relative to that of the goldgulden...
(Silbergulden): a silver coin defined as having the same value as an actual Gulden - Goldgulden: the official "gold Gulden" (as opposed to the silver Guldengroschen) during the 16th century
- Austro-Hungarian guldenAustro-Hungarian guldenThe Gulden or forint was the currency of the Austrian Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1754 and 1892 when it was replaced by the Krone/korona as part of the introduction of the gold standard. In Austria, the Gulden was initially divided into 60 Kreuzer, and in Hungary, the...
(1754–1892) - Danzig guldenDanzig guldenThe Gulden was the currency of Free City of Danzig between 1923 and 1939. It was divided into 100 Pfennige.Until 1923, Danzig issued paper money denominated in Marks...
(1923–1939) - Dutch guilder (1680–2002)
See also
- FlorinFlorinFlorin derives from the city of Florence in Italy and frequently refers to the gold coin struck in 1252.This money format was plagiarized in other countries and the word florin is used, for example, in relation to the Dutch guilder and the coin first issued in 1344 by Edward III of England, then...
, name of several historic and contemporary gold coins - ReichsguldenReichsguldenReichsgulden was an official coin of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century, issued in two, officially equivalent, forms:*the Goldgulden*the Guldengroschen...
, 16th-century coin of the Holy Roman Empie - Gulden'sGulden'sGulden's, a brand of American mustard, is the third largest American manufacturer of mustard, after French's and Plochman's. It is owned by agricultural giant ConAgra....
, mustard brand named after its creator Charles Gulden