Florin (disambiguation)
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The florin was a former coin of the Republic of Florence.
It may also refer to:
- Aruban florin, the currency of Aruba
- Hungarian forint, the official currency of Hungary
- The currency sign "ƒ", called the florin sign
Obsolete currencies
- Austro-Hungarian florin, used from 1754 to 1892
- Dutch guilder, used in the Netherlands from 1680 to 2002
- East African florin, used in British East Africa from 1920 to 1921
- Lombardy-Venetia florin, used in the pre-unification Italian state of Lombardy-Veneto 1862-1866
- South German gulden, used from 1754 to 1873
- United States of Belgium florin, 1790, colloquially referred to as the "Silver Lion"
- The Netherlands Antillean guilder (abbreviated ANG) is also known as a "florin", and abbreviated NAFl, used from 1940 to 2025
Obsolete denominations
- Florin (Aragonese coin), minted in the 14th century
- Florin (Australian coin), used from 1910 to 1966
- Florin (English coin), a rare old gold coin valued at six shillings, used only in 1344
- Florin (Irish coin), a two-shilling coin produced from 1928 to 1968
- Florin (Italian coin), the fiorino d'oro minted in Florence in 1252, from which the name "florin" derives; the first gold coin minted in significant quantities in Western Europe since the 7th century
- Florin (New Zealand coin), minted from 1933 to 1965
- Florin (British coin), British coin produced from 1849 to 1970 with its denomination inscribed variously one florin, two shillings, or with both denominations
