Assure yourself that they spend a florin, which is two and a half francs, where we spend a franc. From Wordnik.com. [Holland, v. 1 (of 2)] Reference
The price of the tickets has been fixed for 1 florin, which is the maximum customary in this country. From Wordnik.com. [Letters]
It was first struck off in the twelfth century and was called a florin because it had a flower stamped on one side. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
A florin was a large gold coin, named for the city, first minted in the 13th century and used only for the largest transactions. From Wordnik.com. [Making Money the Medici Way���And Spending It the Modern Way] Reference
This was called a florin (from the Italian fiorino. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
I found one, gave the doorman a florin and climbed in. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral In Berlin]
A florin for a bottle, and that bottle having the words. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
"Very well: it will be half a florin, including towels.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Dei Gratia, lines on omission of, from the new florin, 118. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 1, November, 1849-May, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
The "tanner" has now become a florin, and this afternoon the. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
I have a florin for each of you if you can tell me anything. From Wordnik.com. [Vittorio, The Vampire]
Currency: 1 Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden, or florin. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Nina at the present moment has not got a florin in her purse. From Wordnik.com. [Nina Balatka] Reference
I held a florin tightly in my hand as I strode down Buckingham. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
There were 20 stuivers in a florin and 16 penning in a stuiver. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
Mr. Snodgrass looked up from the silver florin he was examining. From Wordnik.com. [The Disunited States of America] Reference
The reverse of the florin will for the future bear the same design. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887] Reference
Currency: 1 Surinamese guilder, gulden, or florin (Sf.) = 100 cents. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Currency: 1 Netherlands guilder, gulden, or florin (f.) = 100 cents. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Currency: 1 Netherlands Antillean guilder, gulden, or florin (NAf.) =. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Then, at the ferry, he gave a florin when a penny would have sufficed. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
I would bet every florin I have ever made that it will never see paint. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet Prince] Reference
She had but a florin left at last, and tried it on a number, and failed. From Wordnik.com. [The Kickleburys on the Rhine] Reference
Merishall; and then they played chess, by which Gus was one florin richer. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
I gave him the half-florin, and was getting into my cab, when he came rambling up. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
I groped in my pocket for a florin, and prepared to issue a stern lecture to the waif. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Of The Limehouse Golem] Reference
If his eyes got tired through reading he would lie on his back with a florin over each. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
Has any preacher lost a florin of his income by the publication of the works of Spinoza?. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
If he spent a shilling he got back a florin-such an excellent merchant he was till he died. From Wordnik.com. [The Pink Fairy Book] Reference
Name the time and place and I will bring a far better reward than that paltry florin, there. From Wordnik.com. [Ripping Time]
The first gold florin (fiorino) was coined, and soon became the standard gold coin in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [3. Florence] Reference
The French exchequer only just managed – to their last florin – to fully meet the demands. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
Few lovers of old books and good binding will begrudge half a florin for this quaint opuscule. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc] Reference
I remember once at a station, a rather mean fellow flung a florin on a heap of silver before me. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
In Germany and Holland the price of a room per day is a florin or guilder -- about forty-three cents. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
December already a second edition was called for, though the price of the book, a florin and a half, was a high one at that time. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
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