schilling

Old Vienna money

Schilling is a former monetary unit of Austria, replaced by the euro in 2002.

The word shares roots with shilling, both deriving from Germanic terms for a unit of currency.

Schilling sometimes appears in historical contexts or discussions of pre-euro European economies.

Austrian

Vienna

Austrian capital

AustriaCentral European alpine republic
HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
SalzburgAustrian city, composer's birthplace

Mozart · Tyrol · Danube · Innsbruck · eurozone · banknotes · coins · denomination · exchange · conversion

historic

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

HanseaticOf medieval trading alliance
guildsCraftsmen's mutual aid societies
mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports

ducat · thaler · pfennig · florin · gulden · debasement · minting · trade · commerce · sterling

numismatic

coinage

Invented term or currency

collectingGathering items over time
numismatistCurrency and medal scholar
mintAromatic culinary herb

grade · obverse · reverse · patina · luster · proof · uncirculated · mintmark · cataloging · auction

Categories

currencydollar, euro, pound, yen, peso
European currencyeuro, pound, franc, mark, lira
AustriaVienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austrian flag
currency historygold standard, silver standard, bimetallism, fiat money, fiat currency
Austrian coinsheller, ducat, gulden, florin, krone
currenciesdollar, pound, euro, yen, peso

Opposites

competing germanic currencies

schillingmark

Visible impression or sign

Deutsche Mark · Swiss franc · guilder · gulden · Deutschmark

currency era

schillingeuro

Shared continental currency

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G