Description
The 1/4 oz gold florin is a new fixed mintage coin released by the world-famous Perth Mint, in honor of the very first florins minted in Australia 100 years ago. Way back in 1344, England’s King Edward III ordered the first florins minted to further confuse England’s traditional monetary system of at least 11 different denominations based on 240 pennies per pound sterling. Over the centuries, the florin spread across the world and was recognized virtually everywhere. Then, in 1963, the British gave up on their traditional and idiosyncratic coinage and adopted a more reasonable 100-pennies-per-pound standard. Unfortunately, this rendered some truly wonderful coins obselete overnight.
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