A gold or silver coin, especially one originally issued by Florence during the medieval period; a currency unit in various countries.
From Old French florin, named after Florence (Firenze in Italian), where these coins were first minted in 1252. The floral lily symbol (fleur-de-lis) appeared on the original coins.
The florin is one of the few currency names to become immortal through Shakespeare—Elizabethans referenced florins so often that the coin name outlasted the actual coin by centuries!
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