Bank Gulden - Ginkou Guruden

Japanese: 銀行グルデン - ぎんこうぐるでん
Bank Gulden - Ginkou Guruden

...It was the first public bank in Northern Europe, and its purpose was to overcome the confusion caused by the circulation of various domestic and foreign coins. In other words, the bank accepted various coins as deposits at a legal conversion rate and facilitated payments between depositors by transfer. The unit of deposit, the gulden, became a unique bank currency unit with a several percent premium on the actual coins. Thus, Amsterdam's currency became stable, and merchants from all over Europe also opened accounts there. ...

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Japanese:

…北ヨーロッパで最初の公立銀行で,内外の雑多な鋳貨の流通による混乱を克服することを目的としていた。すなわち,この銀行はさまざまの鋳貨を法定の換算率で預金として受け入れ,振替により預金者どうしの支払の便を図ったが,この預金の単位グルデンは,銀行グルデンと呼ばれ,実際の鋳貨に数%のプレミアムのついた独自の銀行通貨単位となった。こうしてアムステルダムの通貨は安定し,ヨーロッパ各地の商人たちも,ここに口座を開いた。…

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