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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:

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 (Rheinischer Münzverein)

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

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