Bavarian gulden

The Gulden was the currency of Bavaria until 1873. Between 1754 and 1837 it was a unit of account, worth ⁵⁄₁₂ of a Conventionsthaler, used to denominate banknotes but not issued as a coin. The Gulden was worth 50 Conventionskreuzer or 60 Kreuzer Landmünze.

The first Gulden coins were issued in 1837, when Bavaria entered into the South German Monetary Union, setting the Gulden equal to four sevenths of a Prussian Thaler. The Gulden was subdivided into 60 Kreuzer. In 1857, the Gulden was set equal to four sevenths of a Vereinsthaler.

The Gulden was replaced by the Mark at a rate of 1 Mark = 35 Kreuzer.

References

Krause, Chester L., and Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.

Currencies named guilder, florin or similar

Circulating	Aruban florin Hungarian forint Netherlands Antillean guilder Polish złoty

Obsolete	Austro-Hungarian gulden (florin, forint) Baden gulden Bavarian gulden British Guianan guilder Danzig gulden Dutch guilder East African florin Fribourg gulden Lombardo-Venetian florin Luzern Gulden Netherlands Indies gulden Netherlands New Guinean gulden Neuchâtel gulden Schwyz Gulden South German Gulden Surinamese guilder Tuscan florin Württemberg Gulden

As a denomination	Florin (British coin) Florin (English coin) Florin (Irish coin) Florin (Italian coin)

Proposed	Caribbean guilder

See also	Florin sign (ƒ)

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