Obverse and Reverse Sides of Gold Florin Small 320×161 Medium 640×322 Large 1024×516 Download Tiff Original 2400×1209 | (1.3 MB) Description "The English name of a gold coin weighing about 55 grains, first issued at Florence in 1252, and having on the obverse a lily and the word 'Florentia.'" -Whitney, 1911 Keywords currency, florence, gold florin, Italian coin, Italy, money, obverse, reverse Galleries Italian Coins and Stamps Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
