Florin 1926, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

The pre-decimal florin (2s) was a unit of currency equalling two shillings, or one tenth of a pound sterling, or twenty-four pence. There were five types of florin issued before this one: the so-called Godless Florin (1848 and 1849), followed by the Gothic Florin (1851 - 1887), the Jubilee Florin (1887 - 1892), a florin featuring three shields (1893 - 1901), and then the Britannia Florin (1902 - 1910).

At the beginning of the reign of King George V in 1910, this new type was introduced featuring a cruciform with the Arms of England (repeated twice), Scotland and Ireland. The design was adapted from that of the short-lived Double Florin denomination (1887 - 1890). This coin type was was replaced by the second type of King George V florins in 1927.

The composition was Sterling Silver (0.925 silver) with 0.3364 oz ASW (ounce of Absolute Silver Weight) until 1919; in 1920, along with the rest of the silver coinage, it was debased to 50% silver. When the currency became decimal in 1971, by which point the denomination was already debased to copper-nickel, florins were re-denominated as ten new pence; they remained legal tender until 1993, when a smaller type of ten pence replaced them.