Schwyz gulden
The Gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Schwyz until 1798. It was subdivided into 40 Schilling, each of 3 Rappen or 6 Angster. Coins were also issued denominated in Groschen. The French silver écu was equivalent to 21⁄2 Gulden.
The French écu was also equivalent to 4 Franken of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Schwyz franken.
Coins
In the late 18th century, copper coins were issued for 1 Angster and 1 Rappen, together with billon 1 Rappen and 1 Groschen. Silver coins were issued in denominations of 5 and 10 Schilling, 1⁄2 and 1 Gulden.
References
Money portal
- Krause, Chester L.; Clifford Mishler (1991). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1801–1991 (18th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873411501.
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Currencies named florin or similar
- Aruban florin
- Hungarian forint
- Netherlands Antillean guilder
- Polish zloty
- Austro-Hungarian florin (Gulden, forint, zlatý)
- Baden gulden
- Bavarian gulden
- British Guianan guilder
- Conventionsgulden
- Danzig gulden
- Dutch guilder
- East African florin
- Fribourg gulden
- Guldengroschen
- Lombardo-Venetian florin
- Luzern Gulden
- Netherlands Indies gulden
- Dutch New Guinean gulden
- Neuchâtel gulden
- Rhenish gulden
- Schwyz Gulden
- South German Gulden
- Surinamese guilder
- Tuscan florin
- Württemberg Gulden
- Florin (British coin)
- Florin (English coin)
- Florin (Irish coin)
- Florin (Italian coin)
- Florin sign (ƒ)
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