Suriname was orginally known as Dutch Guiana. The Dutch settled there in the early 17th century, allegedly as a swap against New Amsterdam (present-day New York). Maybe the Dutch were just realistic that the British would annex New Holland anyway and this way they got something in return for it. And Guiana was in those times a lot more profitable for its sugar plantations than North American colonies.
The Dutch settled present-day Guyana as well, but the British annexed that part at the end of the 18th century after which the British first named it Essequibo & Demerara and later Guyana.
There is an 18th century coin from Surinam, a Duit (1/8 Stuiver or 1/160 Guilder), but mainly Dutch coinage was used, likely next to Spanish Dollars.
The first Surinamese coins appeared during World War 2, minted in the USA and with Dutch designs. The brass 1943 cent is different in that the Netherlands never used brass for its coins. After 1943, bronze cents with pre-war Dutch designs continued to be struck solely for Suriname.
In 1962, a new coinage was introduced for Suriname at par with the Dutch guilder, including a silver 1 Gulden with queen Juliana. In 1975, Suriname became an independent republic and the currency started to lose value. By 2003 it was replaced by the Surinamese Dollar at a rate of 1000:1. Funny thing is that they kept the old coins so that they could save on producing new oned. Their face value increased a thousandfold overnight.
Current exchange rate for SRD is 3.25 to USD, to which it is pegged since 2011.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/suriname-1.html
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