Florin Florentine lire. The values of other countries' money continually varied against each other, reinforcing the florin's utility as a common measure of value for foreign exchange transactions. The word florin was borrowed in many other countries: for example, the Dutch guilder (abbreviated to Fl), as well as the coin first issued in 1344 by Edward III of England – then valued at six shillings, composed of 108 grains (6.99828 grams) of gold with a purity of 23 carats and 3 grains (or 23 carats) – and more recently relating to a British pre-decimal silver coin (later nickel silver) also known
The String of Pearls it was published in the 1840s in the midst of Great Britain's Industrial Revolution. Sweeny Todd owns a barber shop in the middle of one of the busiest industrial centres of the growing city of London. The rise of industrialism resulted in rising crime rates. This rise of crime was immensely influential when it came to the "String of Pearls" and other penny dreadful stories that revolved around the fearful ideas and themes of crime, fear, and gore. While there is no clear author of the 19th century "String of Pearls" in the original penny dreadful, there are many theories