| 单词 | graceless florin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgraceless florin graceless florin n. a British florin minted in 1849, which omitted the letters D.G. (Dei Gratia) after Queen Victoria's name; cf. godless florin n. at godless adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > florin or two shillings florin1849 godless florin1849 graceless florin1862 Scotchman1879 lamb-florin1885 swy1924 peg1950 1862 Notes & Queries 16 Aug. 126/1 (heading) The graceless florin and the potato disease. 1894 Morning Post 10 Aug. 3/3 By a most extraordinary coincidence I yesterday received in change for half a sovereign a ‘graceless florin’... There are still specimens in circulation, albeit they must now be very rare. 1992 Times (Nexis) 15 Feb. It was much disliked at the time, being known as the ‘godless’ florin because it omitted F.D . (Fidei Defensor, defender of the faith), and the ‘graceless’ florin, because it omitted the usual Dei Gratia (by the grace of God). < as lemmas |
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