The Republic of Suriname was formerly known as a Dutch Guiana. Surinam became an autonomous part od the Kingdom of Netherlands
in 1954, and full independence was achieved in 1974. The currency unit is the gulden. In 2005 a monetary reform took place, when the new
gulden was introduced at the rate of 1:1000 against the older one. 1 gulden equals 100 cents.
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