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 Purity of the Turf (short story) part of the series "What Ho! Jeeves" starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Bertie Wooster. The Purity of the Turf (short story) "The Purity of the Turf" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in "The Strand Magazine" in London in July 1922, and then in "Cosmopolitan" in New York that same month. The story was also included in the 1923 collection "The Inimitable Jeeves". The story features a school fair, where Bertie, Bertie's friend Bingo Little, and Jeeves form a