Talk:Florin (Italian coin)

Plagiarism . . . ?
There is a TON of this page which shares common text with this site: http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/sca/florin.html

And I do not see it credited, anywhere.

The only original text in the entire article is as follows:

"It had 54 grains of gold (3.5g)." "As many Florentine banks were international supercompanies with branches across Europe..." "(whose mines can be found in today's Slovakia and Romania)" "...many resembling the Virgin Mary."

Deltabourne is the only contributor of this material (though, granted, it does not have a copyright).

-edited for clarity: Deltabourne is the only contributer of the plagiarized material-

There remains a chance that the website plagiarized this article, however this seems unlikely, as there is much more information on the web page than in this article. Axblood (talk) 00:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)Axblood


 * I have been told by the original author that he feels flattered by copying of his work by so many. -- 91.8.253.56 (talk) 18:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)


 * The original author (Greg Franck-Weiby) of the document the plagiarised website was based on says this about his sources : "The descriptions of the coins and when and where they were minted are primarily from Coins of Medieval Europe by Philip Grierson (Seaby, London, 1991  ISBN 1-85264-058-8).   The information about the sources of gold in medieval Europe and the commercial role played by the florin coins was from Money and its use in medieval Europe by Peter Spufford (Cambridge University Press, 1988, ISBN 0-521-37590-8), while specific details of the relation of the value of the coins to Florentine 'moneys of account' were probably from Handbook of Medieval Exchange, by Spufford (Royal Historical Society, London, 1986  ISBN 0-86193-105-X)." Rod57 (talk) 00:06, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

who invented it?
you say it is an italian coin. why is the writing on the 1347 coin on german? s iohannes b ( sankt johannes der täufer), i thought italians say giovanni...? 78.50.48.68 (talk) 10:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)


 * S(anctus) IOHANNES B(aptista): latin, not german. John the Baptist was (and still he is) the patron saint of Florence. --Carlo Morino aka zi' Carlo 16:54, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Purity of gold
Was the fiorino nominally pure gold (23 7/8 carat) or 20.5 carat as implied by ? Rod57 (talk) 23:59, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Value
What does "140 US dollars" mean? Is it the value of the coin today, value of the materials today or the purchasing power in the middle ages? 78.0.192.207 (talk) 10:41, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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