How much was an English florin worth in decimal coinage
Pound sterling was resisted, although the florin coin, re-designated as "ten new pence", survived the transfer to a full decimal system in 1971, with examples surviving in British coinage until 1993. John Benjamin Smith, MP for Stirling Burghs, raised the issue of full decimalisation again in Parliament in 1853, resulting in the Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Gladstone, announcing soon afterwards that "the great question of a decimal coinage" was "now under serious consideration". A full proposal for the decimalisation of sterling was then tabled in the House of Commons in June 1855, by William Brown, MP for Lancashire Southern, with the
Florin (English coin) Florin (English coin) The double florin or double leopard was an attempt in 1344 by English king Edward III to produce a gold coinage suitable for use in Europe as well as in England (see also florin or leopard and Half florin or helm). It was 108 grains (6.99829 grams) of nominal pure ('fine') gold and had a value of six shillings (i.e. 72d). <ref> Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom. 46th edition standard catalogue of British coins, 2011. The continental florin, based on a French coin and ultimately on coins issued in Florence, Italy, in 1252, was