Florentine gold-florin reckoning
Florentine gold-florin reckoning became an international reference for value and a source for regional gulden traditions.
- Account use
- Attested before 1300; precise beginning uncertain
- Distinction
- Gold-florin reckoning, not every Florentine lira account
- Ancestry branch
- See family connections
Sources for the facts [1]
Its place in the family
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Florentine gold-florin reckoning
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Florentine gold-florin reckoning
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
Florijn accounting is reported in the Netherlands before 1300. The gold unit could travel without the local silver accounts becoming the same currency. [1]
The Rhenish gulden developed through local adoption. Its subsequent changes mean that a common origin does not imply an enduring equal value. [2]
Sources and evidence
- Hans de Heij, De Nederlandsche Bank · Designing Banknote Identity (2012)
- Deutsche Bundesbank · Mittelalterliche Goldmünzen in der Münzensammlung der Deutschen Bundesbank (1982)
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“Florentine gold-florin reckoning.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/CUR-V49-FLORENTINE-GOLD.html