Florin vs. Guilder

Florinnoun

Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.

Florinnoun

A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).

Florinnoun

The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.

Florinnoun

A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.

Florinnoun

A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

Florinnoun

A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

Florinnoun

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

Florinnoun

formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

Florin

The Florentine florin was a coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains of nominally pure or 'fine' gold (3.5368 grams, 0.1125 troy ounce) with a purchasing power difficult to estimate (and variable) but ranging according to social grouping and perspective from approximately 140 to 1000 modern US dollars.

Guildernoun

The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Guildernoun

The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.

Guildernoun

The current currency unit in the islands in the former Netherlands Antilles, divided into 100 cents.

Guildernoun

A Dutch silver coin worth about forty cents; - called also florin and gulden.

Guildernoun

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

Guildernoun

formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

Guilder

Guilder is the English translation of the Dutch and German gulden, originally shortened from Middle High German guldin pfenninc . This was the term that became current in the southern and western parts of the Holy Roman Empire for the Fiorino d'oro (introduced 1252).