Gold coins minted in Florence from 1252 with the city’s coat of arms, the lily, with reliable purity and until modern times one of the most sought-after curant coins because of its stable value; the NLG was abbreviated to “fl.” = Dutch Florentine until it was absorbed into the EUR in 1999. = Dutch Florentine as a quality designation. – Around 1350, Florence (Firenze) was the largest city in the Occident with 100,000 inhabitants. For comparison, the largest German city at that time was Cologne with 20,000 inhabitants, followed by Hamburg with 5,000 inhabitants Zurich had about 8,000 inhabitants at that time. – See Amalfiner, Dareiko, Eteostichon, Guilder, Coin, Numismatics, Samarkander, Sekel, Stater, Talent, Urukagina Rule.
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