Surinamese gulden
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| Surinamese gulden Surinaamse gulden (Dutch) |
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| ISO 4217 Code | SRG | ||||
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| User(s) | Suriname | ||||
| Inflation | 23% | ||||
| Source | The World Factbook (archived), 2003 est. | ||||
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| 1/100 | cent | ||||
| Symbol | ƒ or fl | ||||
| Plural | gulden | ||||
| cent | cent | ||||
| Coins | 1, 5, 10, 25, 100, 250 cent | ||||
| Banknotes | 5, 10, 25, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10 000, 25 000 gulden | ||||
| Central bank | Centrale Bank van Suriname | ||||
| Website | www.cbvs.sr | ||||
| This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. | |||||
The gulden (currency code SRG) was the currency of Suriname from 1962 until 2004. It was divided into 100 cent. It was initially at par with the Dutch gulden, but suffered from high inflation in the beginning of the 1990s. The Surinamese gulden was replaced by the dollar on 1 January 2004 at a rate of 1 dollar = 1000 gulden.
To save cost of manufacturing, coins of less than 5 gulden (all denominated in cent) were made legal for their face value in the new currency. Thus, these coins increased their purchasing power by 1000 fold overnight.
[edit] Coins
Originally the denominations were 1, 5, 10, 25 cent and 1 gulden. Only the 1 gulden coin is made of precious metal and it was short-lived. The design of the cent coins has never changed, and the same design was extended to 100 and 250 cent coins in 1987. However, the metal compositions and therefore the colours have changed.
[edit] Banknotes
The 2000 series of banknotes came in 5, 10, 25, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 and 25,000 gulden. This issue has a flower on one side and a bird on the other.
[edit] External links
- Pictures of Surinamese gulden banknotes - link added 18 February 2006
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| Current | Aruban florin · Hungarian forint · Netherlands Antillean gulden · Polish złoty |
| Defunct | Austro-Hungarian gulden · British Guianan guilder · Danzig gulden · Dutch gulden · East African florin · Netherlands Indian gulden · Surinamese gulden · West New Guinean gulden |
| As a denomination | Baden Gulden · Bavarian Gulden · British florin · English florin · Irish florin · Italian florin · Lombardy-Venetia florin · South German Gulden · Tuscan fiorino · Württemberg Gulden |
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