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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?
1 shilling = 12 pence Logically, it follows that you'd have 240 pence to a pound The symbol for a penny was a “d” (for the Latin denarius), and for a shilling, it was “s” (the Latin solidus)
- SHILLING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SHILLING is a former monetary unit of the United Kingdom equal to 12 pence or 1 2₀ pound
- 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
Define shilling shilling synonyms, shilling pronunciation, shilling translation, English dictionary definition of shilling n 1 Abbr s A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, worth one twentieth of a pound, 5 new pence, or 12 old pence prior to 1971 2 See Table at
- 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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