Which currency did the Netherlands use before adopting the euro in 2002?

The Dutch guilder was the currency of the Netherlands before the euro replaced it in 2002.

The guilder, also called the florin, was introduced in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century and became one of Europe’s best-known currencies. Its name is linked to the gulden, meaning “golden,” while “florin” reflects the earlier Florentine gold coin that influenced European monetary terminology.

The modern guilder was divided into 100 cents. The Netherlands fixed its conversion rate to the euro at 2.20371 guilders per euro, allowing people and businesses to convert prices during the changeover.

Euro banknotes and coins entered everyday Dutch use on 1 January 2002. The Dutch guilder therefore belongs to the country’s pre-euro monetary history, although “florin” is also used as a name for several unrelated currencies.