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Shilling
Shilling Shil"ling, n. [OE. shilling, schilling, AS. scilling;
akin to D. schelling, OS. & OHG. scilling, G. schilling, Sw.
& Dan. skilling, Icel. skillingr, Goth. skilliggs, and perh.
to OHG. scellan to sound, G. schallen.]
1. A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and
its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth
part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of
the United States currency.
2. In the United States, a denomination of money, differing
in value in different States. It is not now legally
recognized.
Note: Many of the States while colonies had issued bills of
credit which had depreciated in different degrees in
the different colonies. Thus, in New England currency
(used also in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana,
Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida),
after the adoption of the decimal system, the pound in
paper money was worth only $3.333, and the shilling 16?
cts., or 6s. to $1; in New York currency (also in North
Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan), the pound was worth
$2.50, and the shilling 121/2 cts., or 8s. to $1; in
Pennsylvania currency (also in New Jersey, Delaware,
and Maryland), the pound was worth $2.70, and the
shilling 131/2 cts., or 7s. 6d. to $1; and in Georgia
currency (also in South Carolina), the pound was worth
$4.29?, and the shilling 21? cts., or 4s 8d. to $1. In
many parts of the country . . . the reckoning by
shillings and pence is not yet entirely abandoned.
--Am. Cyc.
Meaning of Shilling from 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...
- The
British shilling,
abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of
currency and a
denomination of
sterling coinage worth 1⁄20 of one pound, or
twelve pence...
-
minting of the
Kenyan shilling currency.
Prices in the
Kenyan shilling are
written in the form of x/y,
where x is the
amount in
shillings,
while y is the amount...
-
inflation the
shilling now has no subdivision.
Prices in the
Ugandan shilling are
written in the form of x/y,
where x is the
amount in
shillings,
while y is...
- Swahili). The
Tanzanian shilling replaced the East
African shilling on 14 June 1966 at par.
Prices in the
Tanzanian shilling are
written in the form of...
- The King's
shilling,
sometimes called the Queen's
shilling when the
Sovereign is female, is a
historical slang term
referring to the
earnest payment of...
- The
Somali shilling (sign: Sh.So.; Somali: shilin; Arabic: شلن; Italian: scellino; ISO 4217: SOS) is the
official currency of Somalia. It is subdivided...
- East
African shilling Kenyan shilling Somali shilling Somaliland shilling Tanzanian shilling Ugandan shilling Shilling, the
grading system for Scottish...
-
Beatrice Shilling OBE (8
March 1909 – 18
November 1990) was a
British aeronautical engineer,
motorcycle racer and
sports car racer. In 1949,
Shilling was made...
- A. Gary
Shilling (born May 25, 1937) is an
American financial analyst and
commentator who
appears regularly in
publications such as Forbes, The New York...
