Austria issued a coin called a Florin from 1857 until 1892. It was equivalent to the Gulden (the name used on Austrian banknotes) and the Forint (the name used in Hungarian). It was subdivided into 100 Kreuzer and was replaced by the Krone at a rate of 1 Florin = 2 Krone.
Jump to: navigation, search The Gulden originated as a gold coin (hence the name) but has been a common name for a silver or base metal coin for some centuries. ... Forint, or HUF (Hungarian forint) is the official currency of Hungary. ... Berner Kreuzer von 1776 The Kreuzer was a silver coin and unit of currency existing in the Southern German states prior to the unification of Germany in 1870, and in Austria. ... Krone can mean: Krone - the former currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892. ...