Guilder notes

Overview of exchangeable guilder notes

You can still exchange most guilder banknotes at DNB, but not all of them. For example, You can exchange the €50 note (Sunflower) until 2032 and the €5 note (Joost van den Vondel) until May 2025. See the overview of exchangeable guilder notes.

Guilder conversion rate

For the exchange of guilders, we use the official conversion rate of NLG 1 = EUR 0.45378 This means one guilder is worth around 45 cent. We do not charge a fee.

Guilder coins

You cannot exchange guilder coins at De Nederlandsche Bank. You can take silver coins to coin traders.

Guilder notes you received or purchased after 27 January 2002

We do not reimburse guilder banknotes that were received as payment for professional or business activities or accepted as payment for goods supplied or services delivered after 27 January 2002. We also do not reimburse guilder banknotes that you purchased after 27 January 2002. This is because the guilder ceased to be legal tender on that date.

Application for reimbursement

Here you can read how to apply for reimbursement of your guilder banknotes. There are several options, and certain conditions apply. 

Large amounts

If the combined amount of your guilder notes is more than 4,000 guilders, contact us by email at omwisselverzoek@dnb.nl or by post. Please wait for our response before visiting us or sending us your guilder notes. If you prefer to exchange your guilder notes in person, please do so in a single visit.

Application form

First you should download the application form for the exchange of guilder banknotes.

Please fill in the form completely and check if you have filled in everything correctly.

If everything is correct, you can print the form and sign it.

You can then send the banknotes to us by post, or come and visit our Cash Desk in person.

Sending banknotes by post

When sending your banknotes by post, you must include the following:

• the fully completed and signed application form.
• a clear copy of your ID document. You should make your citizen service number (BSN) illegible.

Postal address: 

DNB
Division CBV
Postbus 98
1000 AB Amsterdam

Important to know

• Please note: sending banknotes or coins by post is at your own risk and expense. This also applies to the risk of loss or theft. Advice: Ask your courier or postal company about insured delivery options.

• For security reasons you should make your citizen service number illegible in the copy of your ID document.

On the copy, you should write down the date and that it is a copy for DNB. You could also use the Dutch government's Kopie-ID app to make a secure copy of your ID document.

• If you wish to receive the reimbursement on someone else's bank account, you need to include a copy of that person's ID document and an authorisation order signed by them.

Exchanging guilder banknotes in person

Would you like to exchange your guilder notes in person in Haarlem? Then you should make an appointment first. Please call + 31 20 524 2727 on business days from 9:00 to 12:00.

You should bring the following:

• the fully completed and signed application form
• the guilder banknotes
• your ID document

Important to know

If you wish to receive the reimbursement on someone else's bank account, you need to bring a copy of that person's ID document and an authorisation order signed by them.

How we process your application

• We will check whether the banknotes are genuine and establish the value in euro.
• We will also check whether your name is on any of the international sanctions lists and ask you about the origin of the banknotes.
• If your application is incomplete, we will return it by registered mail, together with the banknotes.

If your application is approved

You are eligible for reimbursement if all conditions are met. We will transfer the reimbursement amount to your bank account within two months. We will not send a confirmation of this. If we need more information, we will contact you, and it may take longer to process your application.

If your application is rejected

• We will not reimburse you if you fail to meet any of the conditions.
• If your application is rejected, we will inform you of the reason for rejection and how you can object against our decision.
• We may confiscate your banknotes if we suspect they are related to a criminal offence such as theft, drug trafficking or money laundering,
• and hand them over to the police. You may lodge an objection against our decision.
• We are required by law to report transactions that may be related to money laundering or terrorist financing to the Dutch Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-NL).

Collector coins

You can also exchange collector coins and euro banknotes at DNB. Read more about the possibilities and the conditions that apply.

Damaged euro banknotes or coins

Do you have damaged euro banknotes or coins? You can apply for reimbursement with DNB. Read more about the possibilities and the conditions that apply to reimbursement of damaged euro banknotes and coins.