2006-10-14 10:04:24 · 9 answers · asked by johnlavender2005 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Are you asking about florin, as in the monetary coin? If so, the Italian monetary coin known as the florin is called that because the coin was originally minted in the city of Florence.
2006-10-14 10:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by I ♥ AUG 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The florin was a pre decimilal coin worth 2shillings - equivalent to 10p now. It had a lily on reverse side which in Italian is Florina.
2006-10-18 01:09:10 · answer #2 · answered by John H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Florin may refer to these modern currencies:
* Aruban florin.
* Hungarian forint.
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.
* Irish florin coin, another two-shilling coin produced from 1928 to 1968.
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 a Romanian given name.
Florin is also the name of a neighborhood in unincorporated Sacramento County, California, adjacent to the cities of Sacramento and Elk Grove.
2006-10-14 10:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by catdyer2005 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A florin is an old fashioned term for 2/- (two shillings) which is 10p in today's money.
2006-10-14 10:14:29 · answer #4 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The coin was originally stamped with a lily, thus florina, meaning little flower in Italian.
2006-10-14 10:14:07 · answer #5 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was the name for a two shilling piece, which was a pre decimal coin
2006-10-14 10:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by puzzled? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its a coin
2006-10-14 22:49:18 · answer #7 · answered by AARONLEE AND SASHA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
italian
2006-10-18 04:01:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dunno
2006-10-14 10:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋