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Florin may refer to:

Modern currency
  • Aruban florin, the currency of Aruba
  • Hungarian forint, the official currency of Hungary
  • The currency sign “ƒ”, called the florin sign
Obsolete coins
  • Italian coin florin, minted in Florence in 1252 (origin of name “florin”), first gold coin minted after the Dark Ages in Western Europe; see also, Bezants
  • Dutch gulden, used in the Netherlands from 1279-2002
  • Florin (English coin), a coin valued at six shillings, used only in 1344
  • German florin, used from 1680-1790
  • Florin (British coin), a two-shilling coin produced from 1849 to 1970
  • Austrian florin, used from 1754-1892
  • Florin (Australian coin), used from 1910-1966
  • Florin (New Zealand coin), minted from 1933-1965
  • Irish florin coin, a two-shilling coin produced from 1928 to 1968

In fiction:

  • A currency unit in the computer games Medieval Total War and Medieval Total War II
  • One of the 2 main countries in William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
People
  • Carl Rudolf Florin (1894-1965), Swedish botanist
  • Florin Niculescu, Romanian gypsy violinist
Places
  • Florin, California, in Sacramento County, California, United States