Danzig gulden
Danzig gulden: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction uncertain; ended 1939
- Ancestry branch
- Prussian thaler
Its place in the family
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Danzig gulden
This currencyChildren 0
No successor is established here.
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Danzig gulden
German mark
Other founding predecessors: South German florin (Documented). Explore every incoming path →
2 later contributions joined this currency. See those connections →
Prussian thaler
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The law of 20 October 1923 established the Danzig gulden as monetary unit, divided into 100 pfennige and valued at one twenty-fifth pound sterling. [1]
In September 1939 Danzig currency conversion was fixed at 1 gulden=0.70 Reichsmark. Gulden legal tender ended 30 September; exchange of payment media was required by 15 October, with a subsidiary-currency exception. [2]
Danzig gulden was absorbed into the existing German-mark system in September 1939 at 1 gulden = 0.70 Reichsmark. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Herbert M. Bratter / US Department of Commerce · Herbert M. Bratter, The Monetary Use of Silver in 1933, US Department of Commerce, Trade Promotion Series 149 C1413 ↗
- Federal Reserve Board / German Reichsbank · Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 1940: translated German Reichsbank annual report C1414 ↗
- Federal Reserve Board / German Reichsbank · Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 1940: translated German Reichsbank annual report C1430 ↗
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“Danzig gulden.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V26-DANZIG-GULDEN.html