Florin

Quick meaning: Florin is a noun meaning Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.

Meaning

Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.

More Meanings

1. A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
2. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
3. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
4. A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

Example Sentences

[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.

Word Forms

• florins

Synonyms for florin

Depending on context, synonyms include guilder, gulden.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gulden, guilder, rupee, franco, louis, follis.

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