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
Pearls of the Deep die construct false biographies for themselves. One man claims to have been a successful opera singer and the other a successful journalist. Two insurance agents visit an eccentric painter and goat farmer and his mother. A wedding reception takes place at a diner. The guests are able to stay oblivious of the surrounding misery. A working-class boy becomes infatuated with a Gypsy girl. Pearls of the Deep Pearls of the Deep () is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories