Florin (disambiguation)

The florin was a former coin of the Republic of Florence.

It may also refer to:

Modern currency

• The Netherlands Antillean guilder (abbreviated ANG) is also known as a "florin", and abbreviated NAFl
• Aruban florin, the currency of Aruba
• Hungarian forint, the official currency of Hungary
• The currency sign "ƒ", called the florin sign

Obsolete currency

• 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
• United States of Belgium florin, 1790, colloquially referred to as the "Silver Lion"

Obsolete denominations

• Austro-Hungarian gulden (Austro-Hungarian forint), used from 1754 to 1892
• Dutch guilder, used in the Netherlands from 1680 to 2002
• 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
• South German gulden, used from 1754 to 1873
• Florin (British coin), British coin produced from 1849 to 1970 with its denomination inscribed variously one florin, two shillings, or with both denominations

Places

• Florin, California, in Sacramento County
• Florin, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County

People

• See Florin (name)

Fictional currency and places

• A currency unit in the computer games Medieval: Total War and Medieval II: Total War, set in Medieval Europe.
• One of the two main countries in William Goldman's The Princess Bride (the other is Guilder)
• The type of currency used in the video games Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, set in late 15th century Italy.
• The currency used in the Stardust (2007 film).
• The currency of the Republic of Cinnabar, the major political entity in David Drake's RCN Series.