John Frederick Herschel (1792-1871) English astronomer and scientist, from photograph when Master of the Mint (1850-1855) showing him holding a florin (2 shilling piece) which was being introduced with the idea of decimalization of the coinage.

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John Frederick Herschel (1792-1871) English astronomer and scientist, from photograph when Master of the Mint (1850-1855) showing him holding a florin (2 shilling piece) which was being introduced with the idea of decimalization of the coinage.

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