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''Gulden'' is the historical German and Dutch term for
gold coin A gold coin is a coin that is made mostly or entirely of gold. Most gold coins minted since 1800 are 90–92% gold (22 karat), while most of today's gold bullion coins are pure gold, such as the Britannia, Canadian Maple Leaf, and American Bu ...
(from
Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...
"golden
penny A penny is a coin ( pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. Presently, it is t ...
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Middle Dutch Middle Dutch is a collective name for a number of closely related West Germanic dialects whose ancestor was Old Dutch. It was spoken and written between 1150 and 1500. Until the advent of Modern Dutch after 1500 or c. 1550, there was no overarch ...
" golden florin"), equivalent to the English term
guilder Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German ''gulden'', originally shortened from Middle High German ''guldin pfenninc'' " gold penny". This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman E ...
. Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to:


Coins or currencies

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Guilder Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German ''gulden'', originally shortened from Middle High German ''guldin pfenninc'' " gold penny". This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman E ...
, for both the gold & currency gulden * For the gold gulden: ** Guilder#gold guilder **
Rhenish gulden The Rhenish ''gulden'' or Rhenish ''guilder'' (german: Rheinischer Gulden; la, florenus Rheni) was a gold, standard currency coin of the Rhineland in the 14th and 15th centuries. They weighed between 3.4 and 3.8 grams (). History The Rhenish ...
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Reichsgulden (disambiguation) Reichsgulden was an official coin of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century, issued in two, officially equivalent, forms: *the Goldgulden *the Guldengroschen See also

*Gulden (disambiguation) *Reichsmünzordnung {{disambiguation ...
, one of two 16th-century coins of the Holy Roman Empire ** Goldgulden: the official "gold Gulden" (as opposed to the silver Guldengroschen) during the 16th century ** Guldengroschen (Silbergulden): a silver coin defined as having the same value as an actual ''Gulden'' * For European currencies named gulden excluding Switzerland: **
Guilder Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German ''gulden'', originally shortened from Middle High German ''guldin pfenninc'' " gold penny". This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman E ...
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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 ...
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Austro-Hungarian gulden The florin (german: Gulden, hu, forint, hr, forinta/florin, cs, zlatý) was the currency of the lands of the House of Habsburg between 1754 and 1892 (known as the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867 and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy after 18 ...
(1754-1892) **
South German gulden The South German Gulden was the currency of the states of southern Germany between 1754 and 1873. These states included Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Frankfurt and Hohenzollern. It was divided into 60 kreuzer, with each kreuzer worth 4 pfennig o ...
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South German gulden The South German Gulden was the currency of the states of southern Germany between 1754 and 1873. These states included Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Frankfurt and Hohenzollern. It was divided into 60 kreuzer, with each kreuzer worth 4 pfennig o ...
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Baden gulden Baden used the South German gulden as its currency from 1754 until 1873. Until 1821, the Gulden was a unit of account, worth of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. It was subdivided into 50 ''Conventionsk ...
(1754-1873) **
Bavarian gulden Bavaria used the South German gulden (also called 'Florin') as its currency until 1873. Between 1754 and 1837 it was a unit of account, worth of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. The Gulden was worth 50 ...
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Württemberg gulden Württemberg used the South German gulden as its currency until 1873. Until 1824, the Gulden was a unit of account and was used to denominate banknotes but was not issued as a coin. It was worth of a Conventionsthaler and was subdivided into 50 ' ...
*For Swiss currencies named gulden: **
Fribourg gulden The Fribourg ''Gulden'' was a currency denomination worth 14 ''Batzen'' of the Swiss canton of Fribourg , Location of , Location of () () or , ; or , ; gsw, label=Swiss German, Frybùrg ; it, Friburgo or ; rm, Friburg. is the capital of th ...
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Luzern gulden The gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Luzern Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Germ ...
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Neuchâtel gulden The gulden a currency denomination of Neuchâtel equal to 21 ''batz'' until 1850. Neuchâtel's basic currency unit was the livre (later franc), divided into 10 batz or 40 kreuzer. The French silver écu was worth 42 batz or 2 gulden. It was repla ...
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Schwyz gulden The Gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Schwyz until 1798. It was subdivided into 40 ''Schilling'', each of 3 ''Rappen'' or 6 ''Angster''. Coins were also issued denominated in ''Groschen''. The French silver écu was equivalent to 2 G ...
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Danzig gulden The ''Gulden'' was the currency of the Free City of Danzig between 1923 and 1939. It was divided into 100 ''Pfennige''. History Until 1923, Danzig used the German '' Papiermark'' and issued several local 'emergency notes'. Inflation during 1922� ...
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Florin The Florentine florin was a gold coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains (3.499 grams, 0.113 troy ounce) of nominally pure or 'fine' gold with a purch ...
(''gulden'' in
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national id ...
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Hungarian forint The forint ( sign Ft; code HUF) is the currency of Hungary. It was formerly divided into 100 fillér, but fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step in the post-World War II st ...
(''gulden'' in Hungarian) **
Netherlands Indies gulden The Netherlands Indies gulden was the unit of account of the Dutch East Indies from 1602 under the United East India Company ( nl, Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), following Dutch practice first adopted in the 15th century (gulden coi ...
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Netherlands New Guinean gulden The gulden was the currency of Dutch New Guinea until 1963. Until 1950, issues of the Netherlands Indies circulated. A separate currency came into being when West New Guinea became the only part of the Netherlands Indies to remain in Dutch control. ...
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Polish zloty Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin scree ...
(''gulden'' in
Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...
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People

* Gülden Kayalar, Turkish volleyball player *
Brad Gulden Bradley Lee Gulden (born June 10, 1956) is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1978 to 1986 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Mariners, Montreal Expos ...
, former Major League Baseball player *
Gro Gulden Gro Sissel Gulden (born 30 October 1939) is a Norwegian mycologist. She was hired as a curator at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo in 1967, and was promoted to professor in 2001. She retired in the autumn of 2006. A replacement ...
, Norwegian mycologist *
Bilal Gülden Bilal Gülden (born 1 May 1993) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF Third League TFF 3. Lig (Turkish Football Federation Third League) is the fourth level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in 2001� ...
, Turkish footballer * Gülden, Turkish singer


Other

* Gulden's, mustard brand named after its creator Charles Gulden *
Guldens, Pennsylvania Guldens is an unincorporated community in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalac ...
, an unincorporated community in Adams County *
Gulden Draak Gulden Draak (Dutch for ''Golden Dragon'') is a dark Belgian beer with high alcohol by volume (10.5%), brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders. It is named after the golden dragon at the top of the belfry in Ghent. Ther ...
, a dark Belgian beer *
't Gulden Zeepaert The ''t Gulden Zeepaert'', usually referred to as the ''Gulden Zeepaert'' (The Golden Seahorse) was a ship belonging to the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It sailed along the south coast of Australia from Cape Leeuwin in the south west of Wes ...
, a ship belonging to the Dutch East India Company {{Disambiguation, surname Turkish-language surnames