guilder
Sign in to savethumb|280px|Florence gulden (1341)
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- Gold guilder
- Currency guilder
- Currencies derived from the Dutch guilder
- See also
- References
thumb|280px|Florence gulden (1341)
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 Empire for the Fiorino d'oro (introduced in 1252 in the Republic of Florence). Hence, the name has often been interchangeable with florin (currency sign ƒ or fl.). In Hungary it is called forint.