Luzern gulden
The gulden was the currency of the Swiss canton of Luzern until 1798. It was subdivided into 40 schilling, each of 3 rappen or 6 angster. Coins were also issued denominated in kreuzer and batzen. The French silver écu was equivalent to 3 gulden.
The French écu was also equivalent to 4 Franken of the Helvetic Republic, and afterwards to 4 Luzern franken.
Coins
In the late 18th century, copper coins were issued for 1 angster and 1 rappen, together with billon 1 schilling, 1⁄2 and 1 batzen. Silver coins were issued in denominations of 5 and 10 schilling, 20 and 40 kreuzer, and 20 and 40 batzen.
References
- 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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