Guilder

The guilder (Dutch gulden), represented by the symbol ?, was the name of the currency used in the Netherlands from the 15th century until 1999, when it was replaced by the euro (coins and notes were not introduced until 2002). Two versions of the guilder are still in use in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles, both Dutch dependencies. In 2004, the Suriname gulden was replaced by the Suriname dollar.

Denominations

At the time of withdrawal, the following denominations were circulating, the 1 cent coin having been withdrawn in 1983:

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• Coins - nickname:
• 5 cent - stuiver
• 10 cent - dubbeltje
• 25 cent - kwartje
• 100 cent / 1 gulden - gulden, piek
• 250 cent / 2.50 gulden - Rijksdaalder, colloquially riks or knaak, not to be confused with the older valued daalder (1.50 gulden)
• 500 cent / 5.00 gulden - vijfje

All the coins carried a profile image of the Queen on the heads side and a simple grid on the other side.

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• Banknotes - nickname:
• 10 gulden - tientje, joet
• 25 gulden - geeltje
• 50 gulden - zonnebloem (sunflower)
• 100 gulden - honderdje, meier / later: snip (common Snipe)
• 250 gulden - vuurtoren (lighthouse)
• 1000 gulden - duizendje, (rooie) rug / rooi(tj)e

At the time of withdrawal, all but the 50 and 250 gulden notes had been issued in a new revision that was the same colour as the older, long-serving notes but with a mostly abstract pattern, featuring a different bird for each denomination.

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Older banknotes:

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? 5 = poet Joost van den Vondel (until it was replaced by a ? 5 coin)

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? 10 = painter Frans Hals

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? 25 = composer Jan Petersz. Sweelinck

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? 100 = admiral Michiel de Ruyter (until replaced by a bird, then an abstract)

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? 1000 = philosopher Baruch d'Spinoza

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These 1970's "face"-notes and the 80's ? 50 (sunflower) and ? 250 (lighthouse) were designed by R.D.E. Oxenaar.

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Eventually all faces were replaced by abstracts, designed by Jaap Drupsteen, see above.

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Again earlier, there was a banknote of ? 2.50, and longer ago, one of ? 1.

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