# Buddy, can you spare a Guilder ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000 "2003-10-07T04:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/1 "2003-10-07T04:32:23Z")
I’ll be going back to Amsterdam soon and I found a 50 Guilder note from my last visit three years ago. Enter the Euro. Is my note just a pretty piece of paper now or is there any value left ? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/2 "2003-10-07T09:33:43Z")
From [this page:](http://specials.ft.com/euro/FT3OP8ZO2PC.html) > [@](#): > > The 12 eurozone central banks have set various deadlines for exchanging old national currencies \ The Netherlands has set deadlines of January 1, 2007 for coins and January 1, 2032 for notes. By the looks, you should be able to get something for your guilders. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/3 "2003-10-07T09:41:48Z")
You’ve still got [time](http://www.dnb.nl/english/e_euro/faq/changeover.htm#Question%207): Question 7 For how long will I be able exchange guilder notes and coins for euro? Answer Up to 1 April 2002, banks will exchange guilder notes and coins free of charge. For the rest of 2002, banks will continue to exchange guilders, but they may charge a fee. The Nederlandsche Bank will exchange guilder coins at no charge up to 31 December 2006, and guilder banknotes up to 31 December 2031. The usual conditions continue to apply. From 2003, the Bank will verify that the guilders could not have been exchanged at an earlier time. And persons wishing to exchange guilders will have to identify themselves. ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/4 "2003-10-07T09:43:49Z")
I know that in Ireland anyway, after the euro changeover you could only change old notes to euro in The Central Bank in Dublin, not in any old bank in any town. While I have a feeling that I read somewhere that the same thing would be true for all the member states, I have no cite, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/5 "2003-10-07T12:14:44Z")
I’ve got my wedding to plan, my wife to murder, Guilder to frame for it… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/6 "2003-10-07T12:29:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*I’ve got my wedding to plan, my wife to murder, Guilder to frame for it… \*\* Hands up who else saw this one coming a league away? ---
**Author:** ![Thirsty\_Mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Thirsty\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thirsty_Mind)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/7 "2003-10-07T23:52:22Z")
Thanks for the replies. Now I have a new problem … A wedding, a murder… WTF ? Did I set someone up and didn’t know it ? ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buddy-can-you-spare-a-guilder/206000/8 "2003-10-08T00:45:04Z")
Yes. 🙂 Watch [The Princess Bride](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/) sometime.