Florin
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Florin is
- The Netherlands Antilles florin is the currency of the Netherlands Antilles.
- The Aruban Florin is the currency of Aruba, an island in the Caribean and a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- The first gold coin minted in Western Europe. Minted in Florence in 1252 and known as a florin (see also bezants).
- a synonym for Guilder, a currency previously used in the Netherlands.
- a currency once used in Florence.
- a name for the two-shilling coin used in the UK from 1849 as a first step towards decimalisation, which ultimately came in 1971, and used in other countries which had a British-style currency system. Such examples include:
- Australia, prior to decimalisation in 1966
- New Zealand, prior to decimalisation in 1967
- Ireland, (in the Irish language flóirín) prior to Decimal Day, 1971; see Irish florin coin
- Germany, Florin were used from 1680-1790
- a gold coin valued at six shillings issued and withdrawn in England in 1344
- the name of a fictional kingdom in William Goldman's The Princess Bride.
- the currency unit used in the computer game Medieval Total War