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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). The British florin of two shillings
was first struck 1849, initially of silver,
and continued in use after decimalization as
the equivalent of the ten pence piece.