is sometimes used for a coin, and sometimes for a money of account.

Florin, as a coin, is of different values, according to the different metals and different countries where it is struck. The gold florins are most of them of a very coarse alloy, some of them not exceeding thirteen or fourteen carats, and none of them seventeen and a half. See MONEY Table.

Florin, as a money of account, is used by the Italian, Dutch, and German merchants and bankers, but admits of divisions in different places. Ibid.