Florin
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Florin may refer to these modern currencies:
Florin may also refer to any several obsolete coins:
- Italian coin florin, minted in Florence in 1252 (origin of name "florin"), first gold coin minted in Western Europe (see also bezants).
- Guilder, used in the Netherlands from 1279-2002.
- Florin (English coin), a coin valued at six shillings, used only in 1344.
- German florin, used from 1680-1790.
- Florin (British coin), a two-shilling coin produced from 1849 to 1970.
- Austrian florin, used from 1857-1892.
- Australian florin, used from 1910-1966.
- Irish florin coin, another two-shilling coin produced from 1928 to 1968.
Florin is also a name. People named Florin include:
- Carl Rudolf Florin (1894-1965), Swedish botanist.
In fiction, Florin may refer to:
- A currency unit in the computer game Medieval Total War.
- A country in William Goldman's The Princess Bride.
Florin is also the name of a neighborhood in unincorporated Sacramento County, California, adjacent to the cities of Sacramento and Elk Grove.
Currencies named guilder, florin or similar | |
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Current | Aruban florin · Hungarian forint · Netherlands Antillean gulden · Polish złoty |
Defunct | Austro-Hungarian gulden · British Guianan guilder · Danzig gulden · Dutch gulden · East African florin · Netherlands Indian gulden · Surinamese gulden · West New Guinean gulden |
As a denomination | Baden Gulden · Bavarian Gulden · British florin · English florin · Irish florin · Italian florin · Lombardy-Venetia florin · South German Gulden · Tuscan fiorino · Württemberg Gulden |