The Guilder replaced the Dutch guilder at par after the colonies were captured by the British from the Dutch. The guilder was initially subdivided into 20 Stuivers, in English stivers. Brazilian pecas ( 6400 réis gold coins), known locally as joes, circulated at a value of 22 guilders. The exchange rate to the British pound was initially fixed at 1 pound = 12 guilders (1 guilder = 20 pence). In 1836, the guilder was reduced in value to 16 pence and, in 1839, the British pound and British Guiana dollar replaced the guilder as the currency of British Guiana, at the rates of  1 pound = 15 guilders and 1 dollar = 3⅛ guilders (thus 1 pound = 4.8 dollars; 1 dollar = 4 shillings 2 pence, or 50 pence ). In 1809, regular coins were issued for Essequibo and Demerara in denominations of ¼, ,  1, 2 and 3 guilders, followed in 1813 by and 1 stiver coins and guilder coins from 1832. Demerary and Essequebo, 10 Joes (220 Guilders) ( 1830s )
The Guianan guilder replaced the Dutch guilder at par after the colonies were captured by the British from the Dutch. The guilder was initially subdivided into 20 Stuivers, in English stivers. Brazilian pecas ( 6,400 réis gold coins), known locally as joes, circulated at a value of 22 guilders. The exchange rate to the British pound was initially fixed at 1 pound = 12 guilders (1 guilder = 20 pence). In 1836, the guilder was reduced in value to 16 pence and, in 1839, the British pound and British Guiana dollar replaced the guilder as the currency of British Guiana, at the rates of £ 1 = 15 guilders and $1 = guilders (thus £1 = $ 4.8 ; 1 = 4s 2d, or 50d ). In 1809, regular coins were issued for Essequibo and Demerara in denominations of , , 1, 2 and 3 guilders, followed in 1813 by and 1 stiver coins and guilder coins from 1832. Demerary and Essequebo, 10 joes (220 guilders) of the 1830s 
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Guilder
Guianan guilder
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6400
6,400
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£
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pound
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1 dollar = 3⅛ guilders (thus 1 pound =
$1 = guilders (thus £1 = $
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dollars;
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dollar
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4 shillings 2 pence, or 50 pence
4s 2d, or 50d
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¼,
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Joes
joes
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Guilders) (
guilders) of the
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