Gulden Explained

Gulden is the historical German and Dutch term for gold coin (from Middle High German German, Middle High (ca.1050-1500);: guldin [pfenni(n)c] "golden penny" and Middle Dutch Dutch, Middle (ca.1050-1350);: guldijn florijn "golden florin"), equivalent to the English term guilder.

Gulden, Gülden, Guldens or Gulden's may also refer to:

Coins or currencies

• Guilder, for both the gold and currency gulden
• For the gold gulden:
  • • • Rhenish gulden
  • Reichsgulden (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
  • Dutch gulden
  • Austro-Hungarian gulden (1754-1892)
  • South German gulden
• For currencies identical to the South German gulden:
  • Baden gulden (1754-1873)
  • Bavarian gulden
  • Württemberg gulden
• For Swiss currencies named gulden:
  • Fribourg gulden
  • Luzern gulden
  • Neuchâtel gulden
  • Schwyz gulden
• Other:
  • Danzig gulden (1923 - 1939)
  • Florin (gulden in English)
  • Hungarian forint (gulden in Hungarian)
  • Netherlands Indies gulden
  • Netherlands New Guinean gulden
  • Polish zloty (gulden in Polish)

People

• Gülden Kayalar, Turkish volleyball player
• Brad Gulden, former Major League Baseball player
• Gro Gulden, Norwegian mycologist
• Bilal Gülden, Turkish footballer
• Gülden, Turkish singer

Other

• Gulden's, mustard brand named after its creator Charles Gulden
• Guldens, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community in Adams County
• Gulden Draak, a dark Belgian beer
• 't Gulden Zeepaert, a ship belonging to the Dutch East India Company