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The first minting of the florin occurred in 1252. At the time the value of the florin was equal to the lira, but by 1500 the florin had appreciated; seven lire amounted to one florin. [4] In the 14th century, about 150 European states and local coin-issuing authorities made their own copies of the florin.
The British florin, or two-shilling piece (2/– or 2s.), was a coin worth 1 ⁄ 10 of one pound, or 24 pence.It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970.
The Austro-Hungarian gulden (), also known as the florin (German & Croatian), forint (Hungarian; Croatian: forinta), or zloty (Polish: złoty reński; Czech: zlatý), was the currency of the lands of the House of Habsburg between 1754 and 1892 (known as the Austrian Empire from 1804 to 1867 and the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy after 1867), when it was replaced by the Austro-Hungarian krone as ...
Florin or two shillings: 2/-£0.1: 1848–1970, circulated from 1971 to 1993 with a value of ten decimal pence. Not to be confused with the gold medieval florin. [coins 2] Two shillings and twopence: 2/2: £0.1084: Late 1640's Minted by Charles I during the civil war briefly. Two shillings and fourpence: 2/4: £0.1168: 1644-45
The guilder (Dutch: gulden, pronounced [ˈɣʏldə(n)] ⓘ) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.. The Dutch name gulden was a Middle Dutch adjective meaning 'golden', [1] and reflects the fact that, when first introduced in 1434, its value was about equal to (i.e., it was on par with) the Italian gold florin.
The Australian florin was a coin used in the Commonwealth of Australia before decimalisation in 1966. The florin was worth two shillings (24 pence , or one-tenth of a pound ). The denomination was first minted in 1910 to the same size and weight as the British florin .
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In 1986, coins were introduced in denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 florin. Later, the 5-florin banknote was replaced by a square coin and the 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-florin coin was removed from circulation. The 5-florin was replaced in 2005 with a round gold-coloured coin, because the old square 5-florin coin was too easy to ...