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- Shilling - Wikipedia
The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s
- Understanding British Money: What’s a Quid? A Shilling?
Even among Brits, you'll find many don't understand the older British monetary system – shillings and farthings and whatnot We'll start with the easy bit In 1971, the British government converted the pound into a decimalised currency, which means it works very similarly to dollars and Euros
- SHILLING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom equal to 12 pence or ¹ ₂₀ pound : a former monetary unit equal to ¹ ₂₀ pound of any of various countries in or formerly in the Commonwealth of Nations : a coin representing one shilling : any of several early American coins
- Understanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence
Shilling and pennies "Bob" is slang for shilling (which is 5p in todays money) 1 shilling equalled twelve pence (12d) £1 (one pound) equalled 20 shillings (20s or 20 -) 240 pennies ( 240d ) = £1 There were 240 pennies to a pound because originally 240 silver penny coins weighed 1 pound (1lb)
- Shilling | British Currency Colonial Influence | Britannica Money
shilling, former English and British coin, nominally valued at one-twentieth of a pound sterling, or 12 pence The shilling was also formerly the monetary unit of Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Ireland Today it is the basic monetary unit in Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda
- shilling, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
Shilling, the name given in the State of New York, to the Spanish real; in the neighbouring States it is frequently called a York shilling J R Bartlett , Dictionary of Americanisms (ed 3) Show quotations Hide quotations
- Shilling - definition of shilling by The Free Dictionary
1 a coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: discontinued after decimalization in 1971 Abbr : s 2 a former monetary unit of various other nations orig settled or colonized by Great Britain 3 the basic monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda 5 virgule
- SHILLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SHILLING definition: 1 a unit of money used in the UK and Ireland until 1971, equal to twelve old pence or five new… Learn more
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