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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 nine 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), the Britannia Florin (1902 - 1910), the first florin issue of King George V (1911 - 1926), the second florin issue of King George V (1927 - 1936), the silver florin of King George VI (1937 - 1946), and the copper-nickel florin of King George VI (1947 - 1951). The denomination was re-designed at the beginning of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and this was the final type of florin issued; it features a rose at centre (the floral emblem of England), surrounded by linked thistles, shamrocks and leeks (the floral emblems of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales respectively). When the currency became decimal in 1971, florins were re-denominated as ten new pence; they remained legal tender until 1993, when a smaller type of ten pence replaced them. Thus, a florin coin issued in 1958 was legal tender for 35 years. | ||||||||||||
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Variety | Proof | |
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Mintage | Issued: unknown |
Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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Museums Victoria Collections | 2016 | Coin description | ||
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mint | ||
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins | 1971 | Mintage | ||
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Varieties | Proof |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
Coin Type | Florin Elizabeth II |
Issued | 1958 |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Effigy | Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait, by Mary Gillick |
Face Value | 2 (x Shilling) |
Total Mintage | 9,564,580 (9.6 million) |
Current | No; demonetised 1993 |
Material | CuproNickel |
Designer | Edgar Fuller, Cecil Thomas |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 28.3000 mm |
Mass | 11.3100 g |
OCC ID | JWMR-AOQP-CMLG-EYPL |
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Image | Details |
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Great Britain 1958 florin
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Great Britain 1958 florin
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Coin - Florin (2 Shillings), Elizabeth II, Great Britain, 1957
Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source |
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Coin - Florin (2 Shillings), Elizabeth II, Great Britain, 1957
Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source |
Source | Reference ID |
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Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 4146 |
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 906 |