Where did this money come from?
Surinamese dollar
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
4 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1350–1386
Florentine gold-florin reckoningDocumented · Evidence periodPredecessor1408–1526
Rhenish gold-gulden reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1940
Dutch guilderDocumentedPredecessor2004
Surinamese guilderDocumentedThis currencySRD
Surinamese dollarDates, conversion terms and evidence 4 connections
Surinamese guilder Surinamese dollar
2004Documented1000 Surinamese guilder = 1 SRDCovered guilder balances/ordinary notes per dollar; excludes coins and muntbiljetten retaining nominal values.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Dutch guilder Surinamese guilder
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Florentine gold-florin reckoning Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning
Evidence period: 1350–1386DocumentedA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Rhenish gold-gulden reckoning Dutch guilder
Evidence period: 1408–1526QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.