Florin

フローリン／ florin　—　Names of money

A gold coin with a lily, struck by Florence in 1252. Imitated in many regions as a standard for international payments, it became the etymological origin of the Gulden.

United Kingdom, Gothic Florin, Silver, 1875 (Victoria) — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

Noble of Edward III — A photograph of the real thing this term names.

A gold coin with a lily crest (fiorino) struck by Florence in 1252. Its fineness remained almost constant, and it was imitated in many regions as a standard for international payments.

⚠ Its name in the north became the etymological origin of the Gulden, and it later lent its name to the British two-shilling silver coin and multiple currency names (Forint, etc.).