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3 unusual facts about South German gulden


Austro-Hungarian gulden

In southern Germany, the word Gulden was the standard word for a major currency unit.

Jewish letter carriers

The last incumbent of the office had a yearly income of 5,000 gulden, out of which, in very busy times, he had to pay his assistants 150 florins each.

Kreuzer

The South German Currency Union of 1837 used a system of 60 Kreuzer = 1 Gulden and 1¾ Gulden = 1 Thaler, with the Kreuzer equal to the old Kreuzer Landmünze.



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