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This was called a florin (from the Italian fiorino little flower) because it bore a flower, a lily, the badge of the city.
Florin Kulaj, commander of the KLA's 850-strong 136 th Brigade, as saying that he had identified ground targets for NATO attacks, such as a bridge used by Serb forces, which had been bombed on Wednesday.
Florence was the first Italian town to mint its own gold coin (fiorino or florin), a prestigious instrument for trade in European markets, and it organized textile manufacture on an advanced large-scale basis.
The two-shilling coin was known as a florin, named after a medieval gold coin from Florence, Italy.
Duke Cosimo had Vasari design it in 1560 as a series of government offices (hence its name), a mint for the city’s florin, and workshops for the Medici’s craftsmen.