On January 1, 1999, the Euro officially entered into force with an exchange rate fixed at 1 Euro = 2.20371 Dutch Florins. This problem was then solved by the implementation of the Marshall Plan. Over time, other coins from the Dutch guilder were created, including the Rijksdaalder with a value of 2,5 florins.Ĭoming more recently, after the end of the Second World War, because of the serious crisis that the conflict had left, the forint devalued by 30%. It was gradually used locally, from the Netherlands as well as from other countries. At that time the florin was widely used for trade in Europe and beaten in Florence. The origins of the Dutch florin, however, date back to well before the fifteenth century and precisely to the thirteenth century. This came into force during the 15th century and lasted until the official introduction of the Euro.
Brief history of Dutch numismaticsīefore moving to the single European currency, the Netherlands used the Dutch Florin as its official currency. In this page we talk about the Netherlands Euro coins, the characteristics and the quotation of all the denominations of these coins of the Eurocollection.
