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florin

Coin; many European countries have had coins of this name. The first florin was of gold, minted in Florence in 1252. The obverse bore the image of a lily, which led to the coin being called fiorino (from Italian fiore ‘flower’).

Florin

Town in Sacramento County, northeast California; population (1990) 24,300. It is located 10 km/6 mi south-southeast of Sacramento city centre, and to the south of the Sacramento Army Depot. It is largely residential.



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She turned her back, throwing into the basin a silver florin, which rang among the liards, and made the poor goodwives of the chapel of Etienne Haudry open their eyes.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
I got a cent ready in one hand and a florin in the other, intending to give him the former if he survived and the latter if he killed himself--for his loss would be my gain in a literary way, and I was willing to pay a fair price for the item --but this impostor ended his intensely moving performance by simply adding some powder to the liquid and polishing the spoon
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
I have said once and forever that I am yours with every bow-string of my army and every florin in my coffers.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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