Currency history
South German gulden
The South German gulden grew from older regional 60-kreuzer reckoning and later entered the German mark.
- Earlier system
- 1535 arrangements; regional development continued
- Subdivision
- 1 accounting gulden = 60 kreuzer
- Mark conversion
- 7 gulden = 12 marks
- Ancestry branch
- See family connections
Its place in the family
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South German gulden
Austrian gulden
Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning
Florentine gold-florin reckoning
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Austrian reckoning spread into southern Germany in 1535. Later regional valuations mean that these gulden were related without always being equal. [1] [3]
The nineteenth-century southern unit entered the mark at twelve marks for seven gulden. [2]
Turning points
Sources and evidence
- Hubert Emmerig · Währung (bis 1800) (2010)
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Purchasing power comparisons — history of German money
- Gerhard Schön · Münz- und Geldgeschichte der Fürstentümer Ansbach und Bayreuth im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert (2008); Hubert Emmerig · Währung (bis 1800) (2010)
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“South German gulden.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000915.html