shillings
Pre-decimal British money
Shillings is the plural of shilling, a former British monetary unit worth one-twentieth of a pound, or twelve pence.
The shilling was abolished when Britain decimalized its currency in 1971.
The word survives in phrases like not the full shilling (mentally deficient) and in the currencies of several East African nations, where shillings remain in use.
British currency units
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- sterlingPure silver alloy
- guineaFormer British currency unit
- bobShort vertical movement
tanner · quid · florin · halfpenny · crown · sixpence · farthing · groat
Stamped metal currency
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- collectibleObject worth amassing
- obverseFront of coin
reverse · engraving · alloy · circulation · specimen · denomination · minting · issue
East African country, capital Nairobi
- UgandaEast African republic
- TanzaniaDodoma-capital nation
- SomaliaHorn of Africa nation
- East AfricaContinental region by Indian Ocean
pound · pence · British · sterling · empire · rupee · currency · trade
Of a prim era
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
- colonialOf occupied territories
Georgian · Regency · Edwardian · Commonwealth · Empire · antique · predecimal · wages
pence
British currency units
bob · tanner · quid · florin · halfpenny · crown · sixpence · farthing · groat · half-crown
coin
Stamped metal currency
- mintAromatic culinary herb
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- collectibleObject worth amassing
obverse · reverse · engraving · alloy · circulation · specimen · denomination · minting · issue · grade
Kenya
East African country, capital Nairobi
East Africa · pound · pence · British · sterling · empire · rupee · currency · trade · administration
Victorian
Of a prim era
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- TudorSixteenth-century English ruling family
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
colonial · Georgian · Regency · Edwardian · Commonwealth · Empire · antique · predecimal · wages · prices
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, Spanish dollar, piece of eight, pieces of eight
- moneydollar, euro, coin, cash, pound
- historic coinspenny, pennies, guinea, sovereign, sovereigns
- medieval trademerchant, merchant guilds, trader, craft guilds, guild
- Money Historymoney, coins, currency, coinage, gold coins
- Decimal Currencypence, penny, pound sterling, sterling, pound