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Flat piece, possibly iron, this old coin? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

florin

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'old coin?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'flat piece possibly iron' is the wordplay.
'flat piece' becomes 'fl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'iron' with letters rearranged gives 'orin'.
'fl'+'orin'='FLORIN'

'this' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for florin that I've seen before include "Former British silver coin" , "Old British (or Dutch) coin" , "[SHILLINGS] ?" , "Old two-bob bit" , "An old two-shilling coin" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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