Netherlands Indies guilder

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Netherlands Indies guilder

Nederlands-Indische gulden (Dutch) Roepiah Hindia-Belanda (Malay) fl.
1821 Indiae Batav 1⁄2 stuiver
Unit
Unit	guilder
Plural	guilders
Symbol	ƒ‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	cent
Plural
cent	cents
Symbol
cent	c
Banknotes
Freq. used	ƒ1⁄2 , ƒ1 , ƒ2+1⁄2 , ƒ5, ƒ10, ƒ25, ƒ50, ƒ100
Coins
Freq. used	1⁄2c, 1c, 2+1⁄2c, 1⁄10ƒ, 1⁄4ƒ
Demographics
Date of introduction	1602
Replaced by	Netherlands Indies roepiah (1942) Indonesian rupiah (1953)
User(s)	Netherlands Indies
Issuance
Central bank	Dutch government De Javasche Bank
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

The Netherlands Indies guilder (Dutch: Nederlands-Indische gulden, Malay-Van Ophuijsen spelling: Roepiah Hindia-Belanda^[1]) was the unit of account of the Dutch East Indies from 1602 under the United East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), following Dutch practice first adopted in the 15th century (guilder coins were not minted in the Netherlands between 1558 and 1681 and none circulated in the Indies until a century later). A variety of Dutch, Spanish and Asian coins were in official and common usage. After the collapse of the VOC at the end of the 18th century, control of the islands reverted to the Dutch government, which issued silver 'Netherlands Indies' guilder and fractional silver and copper coins until Indonesian independence in 1945.