Flor�n Jana Lucembrusk�ho - The first gold coins minted in the Middle Ages on Czech territory. Visually Flor�n much different from the original Italian master, and excelled in high quality, more widespread, however, defended the lack of gold, so it was rather a representative of the tender.

King John of Luxemburg was aware that at a time when international trade boomed, the existence of its own gold coins to increase its prestige and helped eternally indebted checkout. Therefore summoned experts from Florence who had the production of gold coins rich experience. In Italy, the gold florins were minted since 1252 and through buyers spread across Europe.

The excavation of the Czech florins began on January 3 1325. The original Italian with typical heraldic lily on the face and figure of John the Baptist on the reverse differed slightly. A copy of this abbreviated cheek, which in Latin means JOHANNES REX Boemia a small two-tailed lion next to the head of the saint.

For really big minting But in Bohemia missing gold, so Flor�n, though it was due to high purity desired, currency remained rather representative. Much greater practical importance reached Flor�n Hungarian, who came from Kremnice. From Czech florin differed reddish tint, which was caused by impurities in the copper Kremni�ka gold.