NLGxxx Netherlands Dutch Guilder (Florin) exchange rate Live chart (Netherlands currency, code: NLG, symbol: ƒ or fl)




Netherlands currency : Netherlands Dutch Guilder (Florin) (ISO 4217 currency code: NLG, symbol: ƒ or fl) : 1 Dutch Guilder (ƒ) = 100 cents. €1 (euro) = ƒ2.20371 (Guilder / Florin). The exchange rate of the old currency for euros at the central bank is 2.20371 Dutch guilders for 1 euro. Official currency of Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden), a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with the large majority of its territory in Western Europe and with several small West Indian island territories in the Caribbean. The symbol ƒ or fl. for the Dutch guilder was derived from another old currency, the florin. The Dutch Gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning "golden", and the name indicates the coin was originally made of gold. Before the introduction of the first guilder, there were regional and foreign golden coins that were likely referred to as "gulden" in Dutch. Dutch Guilder was the currency of the Netherlands from the 17th century until 2002 when it was replaced by the euro. The Netherlands Antillean guilder is still in use in Curaçao and Sint Maarten (two countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands). Central bank is De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB), in Amsterdam, Netherlands. De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB) is part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Printer is Joh. Enschedé. Mint is Royal Dutch Mint.