florin

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noun

1

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

2

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

[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.

3

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

4

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

5

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

name

1

A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

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noun — formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands

guilder
gulden

noun — the basic unit of money in Suriname

guilder
gulden

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[I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch flor

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