An English silver coin of the value of two shillings, first minted in 1849.
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释义 | society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > florin or two shillings (7) florin1849 An English silver coin of the value of two shillings, first minted in 1849. godless florin1849 a florin minted without the inscription ‘D.G.’ (Dei Gratia); = graceless florin n. at graceless, adj. n.compounds. graceless florin1862 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. n.… Scotchman1879 South African. Esp. among black South Africans: a two-shilling piece, a florin; (also) a half-crown piece. Now historical. lamb-florin1885 a florin stamped with the ‘Agnus Dei’. swy1924 Two; spec. a two-shilling coin or a two-year prison sentence. peg1950 slang. A shilling (see also quot. 1950). Now rare (chiefly Australian in later use). |
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