• The English shilling was a silver coin of the Kingdom of England, when first introduced known as the testoon. A shilling was worth twelve pence, and there...
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    divided into 20 shillings (s), each of 12 pence (d). Although the coin was not minted until the 16th century, the value of a shilling had been used for...
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    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...
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  • The English fifty shilling coin, worth 50/-, was only ever minted once, in the year 1656. It was a milled gold coin weighing 22.7 g (0.73 ozt) and with...
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  • The shilling (1s) (Irish: scilling) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄20 of a pound. Worth 12d or half of a Florin. The original...
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    eightpence and one shilling. The name has also been applied to any thick or large coin, such as the Groschen (grosso), a silver coin issued by Tyrol in...
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    African 1 Shilling coin obverse 1925 East African 1 Shilling coin reverse 1935 East African 5 cent coin obverse 1935 East African 5 cent coin reverse 1930...
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  • (minted on coins as new until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. British coins are minted...
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    two coins. The mintage of Australian shillings increased after it was first issued, as in the first few years of its production one thousand shillings were...
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    The British florin, or two-shilling piece (2/– or 2s.), was a coin worth 1⁄10 of one pound, or 24 pence. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final...
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