The gulden was the currency of

Dutch New Guinea Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea ( nl, Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, id, Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kin ...

until 1963. Until 1950, issues of the

Netherlands Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, whic ...

circulated. A separate currency came into being when West New Guinea became the only part of the Netherlands Indies to remain in

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control. The currency was fixed at parity with the

Dutch gulden The guilder ( nl, gulden, ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from the 15th century until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro. The Dutch name ''gulden'' was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning "golden", and reflects the fact that, wh ...

. It circulated until Dutch New Guinea became part of

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as West Irian in 1963. That year, the West Irian rupiah replaced the gulden at par.

Banknotes

Two series of banknotes were issued for Dutch New Guinea: one in 1950 and another in 1954. Both series consisted of denominations of 1, , 5, 10, 25, 100 and 500 gulden.

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{{Indonesian currency and coinage Economy of Indonesia Currencies of Indonesia Modern obsolete currencies 1963 disestablishments Western New Guinea Currencies of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Guilder Gulden