shilling

     

The shilling is a unit of currency in current an former use in many countries. The word is thought to derive from the base skell-, "to ring/resound", and the diminutive suffix -ing.

Trivia about shilling

  • Before the Euro, 100 groschen in Austria made one of these, abbreviated S or SCH
  • As part of a price in '60s London
  • Before decimalization, 12 pence made 1 of these, 20 of which made one pound sterling
  • This old monetary unit of Britain was 1/20 of a pound
  • Divided into 100 groschen, it's the main unit of Austria
  • Former British currency that smacks of a certain Boston pitcher
  • In use until 1971, this British coin was equal to one-twentieth of a pound

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