Austro-Hungarian gulden

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The Gulden was the currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1754 and 1892. The name Gulden was used on Austrian (German-language) banknotes, whilst the name Florin was used on Austrian coins and forint was used on the Hungarian banknotes and coins.

With the introduction of the Conventionsthaler in 1754, the Gulden was defined as half a Conventionsthaler, equivalent to 1/20 of a Cologne mark of silver and subdivided into 60 Kreuzer. The Gulden became the standard unit of account in the Hapsburg Empire and remained so until 1892.

In 1857, the Vereinsthaler was introduced across Germany and Austria-Hungary, with a silver content of 16⅔ grams. This was slightly less than 1.5 times the silver content of the Gulden. Consequently, Austria-Hungary adopted a new standard for the Gulden, containing two-thirds as much silver as the Vereinsthaler. This involved a debasement of the currency of 4.97%. Austria-Hungary also decimalized at the same time, resulting in a new currency system of 100 Kreuzer = 1 Gulden and 1½ Gulden = 1 Vereinsthaler.

The Austro-Hungarian Gulden was replaced by the Austro-Hungarian krone in 1892 at a rate of 2 Krone = 1 Gulden.

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