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florin(dictionary)
FLORIN(law)

florin (iou)



florin noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French from Italian fiorino, from fiore flower: the coin orig. so named bore a lily (fleur-de-lis) on the reverse: see FLORENCE.]
A gold coin first issued at Florence in 1252. obsolete exc. Hist. ME.
An English gold coin issued by Edward III, equivalent to six shillings or six shillings and eightpence in the currency of the day. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
Any of various (orig. gold or silver) coins current at various times on the Continent. Now only, the monetary unit of the Netherlands; a guilder. E17.
In modern British pre-decimal coinage: the silver, later cupro-nickel, two-shilling piece, first minted in 1849. M19.
GODLESS florin.