WILLEMSTAD – Starting December 31, new fuel prices will take effect on Curaçao. Both gasoline and diesel prices have dropped ...

But how much could 100 guilders buy in the mid-17th century? At that time, the amount would have translated to one-third of the annual salary of an outdoor laborer, or one-fifth that of a pastor.

Of these bonds the only surviving one is a 1,200 guilder bond sold on December 10, 1624, to a wealthy woman in Amsterdam ...