An Amsterdam merchant purchasing soap from a merchant in Marseille could go to an exchanger and pay the exchanger the equivalent sum in guilders, the Dutch currency.

一个阿姆斯特丹的商人从马赛的商人那里购买肥皂，他可以去交换者那里，用荷兰盾（荷兰货币）付给交换者等值的钱。