The guilder (Dutch: gulden; ISO 4217 code: SRG) was the currency of Suriname until 2004, when it was replaced by the Surinamese dollar.

The Surinamese guilder began to lose value from high inflation in the beginning of the 1980s, when a currency black market emerged.

To save cost of manufacturing, coins of less than 5 guilders (all denominated in cents) were made legal for their face value in the new currency.

In 1826, the Algemene Nederlandsche Maatschappij (General Netherlands Company) issued 1⁄2 and 3 guilder notes.

The government issued silver certificates (zilverbonnen) between 1918 and 1920 for 1⁄2, 1 and 2+1⁄2 guilders.

In 1957, the Central Bank of Suriname took over paper money production, issuing notes for 5, 10, 25, 100 and 1,000 guilders.