schilling

     

The Schilling was the currency of Austria between 1924 an 1938 and again between 1945 and 1999, and the circulating currency until 2002. The euro was introduced at a fixed parity of €1 = 13.7603 Schilling to replace it. The Schilling was divided into 100 Groschen.

Trivia about schilling

  • Austria's basic unit of currency, it sounds just like an obsolete coin in Britain
  • This historic Austrian currency is abbreviated as "Sch", "AS" or simply "S"