a former British or Commonwealth coin worth two shillings
any of various former gold coins of European countries, esp a Dutch guilder
the basic monetary unit of Aruba, divided into 100 cents
Middle English via French from Old Italian fiorino, from fiore flower, from Latin flor-, flos flower1. The word florin was applied to various European coins, orig to a gold coin issued in Florence in the 13th cent. which had a fleur-de-lis, the city's emblem, on the reverse from the lily on the coins