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A shilling was worth twelve <a href="/wiki/Penny_(English_coin)" title="Penny (English coin)">pence</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there were 20 shillings to the <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">pound sterling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English shilling was introduced in the 16th century and remained in circulation until it became the <a href="/wiki/Shilling_(British_coin)" title="Shilling (British coin)">British shilling</a> as the result of the Union of England and Scotland to form the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> in 1707.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>shilling</i> comes from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skillingaz" class="extiw" title="wikt:skillingaz">scilling</a></i> (meaning to separate), an accounting term dating back to <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> times, to mean a 20th of a pound, although there was no specific coin of that value. A common misconception is that the word is a Norse <a href="/wiki/Loanword" title="Loanword">loanword</a> into English; however, it can be found in English laws many years before Norse incursions into Britain, for example the <a href="/wiki/Law_of_%C3%86thelberht" title="Law of Æthelberht">Law of Æthelberht</a>, of Kent.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling#History" title="Pound sterling">Pound sterling § History</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Testoon">Testoon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Testoon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg/220px-Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg/330px-Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg/440px-Mary_%26_Francis_Testoon_1558_77001705.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Mary & Francis Scottish testoon</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a>, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England" title="Henry VII of England">Henry VII</a>, the forerunner of the shilling, the testoon, was introduced.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This coin was produced in extremely small quantities, probably around 1489, and the fact that there are only three known dies for this issue (and three subsequent legend varieties, HENRIC, HENRIC VII and HENRIC SEPTIM) shows clearly that the coins were not made for general circulation. The HENRIC SEPTIM legend is the rarest and a high rarity also being one of the first testoons. They were made during the same period as the trials for the Profile issue of <a href="/wiki/Groat_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Groat (coin)">groats</a> and half-groats, so they were probably trial pieces or patterns. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Scotland" title="Kingdom of Scotland">Kingdom of Scotland</a>, during the reign of <a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots" title="Mary, Queen of Scots">Mary, Queen of Scots</a>, the testoon and half testoon were introduced to the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_coinage" title="Scottish coinage">Scottish coinage</a> in 1553 and 1555 respectively. The 1553 is a Scottish rarity and Mary was presented with one (this piece was EF which sold for £61 during the 1850s Thornburn).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="What is meant by "EF" and "the 1850s Thornburn"? (November 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Henry_VIII_(1509–1547)"><span id="Henry_VIII_.281509.E2.80.931547.29"></span>Henry VIII (1509–1547)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Henry VIII (1509–1547)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg/220px-Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg/330px-Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg/440px-Henry_VIII_testoon_722576.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="238" /></a><figcaption>Henry VIII testoon</figcaption></figure> <p>The testoon was struck in quantity during the last part of the reign of <a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Tower_of_London" title="Tower of London">the Tower</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southwark" title="Southwark">Southwark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> mints producing testoons in 1544–1551. These testoons were made in the very poor base silver in this period,<sup id="cite_ref-Numista_Testoon_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Numista_Testoon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and are known as base testoons. The coins were struck after Henry's death in 1547, at the Tower, Southwark, and at Bristol. Legend BRISTOLLIE and BRISTOLIE on reverse. BRISTOLIE are extremely rare and were struck pre- and post-death Henry VIII 1547 with WS monogram in legend. (One was recorded pre-WWII at 6.89 gm fully round, said to be from BRISTOL used as evidence at the trial of William Sharington.) </p><p>The mint-marks for these testoons are as follows: </p> <dl><dd><b>TOWER (London)</b> <ul><li>two lis OR</li> <li>lis OR</li> <li>pellet in annulet</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Southwark</b> <ul><li>S OR</li> <li>E</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Bristol</b> <ul><li>WS (for <a href="/wiki/William_Sharington" title="William Sharington">William Sharington</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p>The coins from Southwark have the reverse legend <small>"CIVITAS LONDON"</small> (City of London) and the Bristol coins the legend <small>"CIVITAS BRISTOLLIE"</small> (City of Bristol) or later <small>"CIVITAS BRISTOLIE"</small> (City of Bristol) The obverse of these coins shows a facing bust of Henry VIII and the reverse side, a crowned rose with [WS] in legend. Very Rare are any BRISTOL testoons which are full, round and not clipped or shaved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edward_VI_(1547–1553)"><span id="Edward_VI_.281547.E2.80.931553.29"></span>Edward VI (1547–1553)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Edward VI (1547–1553)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Henry VIII's young son <a href="/wiki/Edward_VI" title="Edward VI">Edward VI</a> continued the issues of base testoons. In his reign the testoons were called "shillings" for the first time, and the coins show the bust of the young boy king. Unlike his father's coins, the shillings of Edward VI cannot be differentiated by their reverse legend. There are six slightly different busts for these issues. Most importantly, these coins are the first English ones to carry the date, which is in <a href="/wiki/Roman_numerals" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>. The coins were minted at the Durham House, Tower, Southwark, Canterbury and Bristol mints. </p><p>The mint-marks for these coins are: </p> <dl><dd><b>Durham House   MDXLVIII (1548)</b> <ul><li>BOW</li></ul></dd> <dd>This issue is exceedingly rare and could be a pattern or contemporary forgery.</dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Durham House   MDXLIX (1549)</b> <ul><li>BOW</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Tower   MDXLIX (1549)</b> <ul><li>ARROW OR</li> <li>GRAPPLE OR</li> <li>PHEON OR</li> <li>SWAN</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Southwark   MDXLIX (1549)</b> <ul><li>Y OR</li> <li>EY</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Canterbury   MDXLIX (1549)</b> <ul><li>ROSE OR</li> <li>T</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Bristol   MDXLIX (1549)</b> <ul><li>TC</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Tower   MDL (1550)</b> <ul><li>LION OR</li> <li>LIS OR</li> <li>PHEON AND</li> <li>SWAN OR</li> <li>MARLET OR</li> <li>CROWNED LEOPARD'S HEAD</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Southwark   MDL (1550)</b> <ul><li>Y OR</li> <li>LIS AND Y</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Tower   MDLI (1551)</b> <ul><li>LION AND ROSE OR</li> <li>ROSE AND ROSE</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Southwark   MDLI (1551) </b> <ul><li>Y AND LIS</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Undated issue (Durham House)</b> <ul><li>BOW</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fine_silver_issue">Fine silver issue</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fine silver issue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1551, the silver standard was restored from about 0.342 silver<sup id="cite_ref-Numista_Testoon_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Numista_Testoon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to the (thence) normal 0.925 "sterling" silver.<sup id="cite_ref-Numista_Edward_VI_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Numista_Edward_VI-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was struck in large quantities but is normally found fairly worn and sometimes holed. </p><p>Mint-marks: </p> <dl><dd><b>Tower or Southwark.   No date (1551)</b><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Y</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Tower.   No date (1551–3)</b> <ul><li>TUN</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mary_(1553–1558)"><span id="Mary_.281553.E2.80.931558.29"></span>Mary (1553–1558)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mary (1553–1558)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>No shillings were struck in England until <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mary_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Mary I of England">Queen Mary I of England</a> was married in 1554 to <a href="/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip of Spain</a>, though Irish shillings with Mary's portrait were struck in 1553 and 1554 before her marriage. </p><p>After Mary's marriage some shillings were coined. To boost Philip's popularity his bust was placed on these coins, facing Mary's. These coins are fairly rare, but nevertheless do frequently appear on the market. There are two main varieties: Spanish titles (which adds on "Prince and Princess of Spain") and English titles. Many of these coins were dated using Arabic dates and some coins have a mark of value (X__II) above the royal shield. There is an exceedingly rare variety which has the date under the busts. All the coins were made at the Tower mint. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elizabeth_I_(1558–1603)"><span id="Elizabeth_I_.281558.E2.80.931603.29"></span>Elizabeth I (1558–1603)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elizabeth I (1558–1603)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the first events of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_I" title="Elizabeth I">Elizabeth I</a>'s reign was the counter-marking of the Edward VI shillings to revalue them to their true worth. These coins have the counter-mark of a <a href="/wiki/Portcullis" title="Portcullis">portcullis</a> or <a href="/wiki/Greyhound" title="Greyhound">greyhound</a> and are extremely rare. The coins with the portcullis counter-mark were revalued at fourpence halfpenny, and the coins with the greyhound were revalued at twopence farthing. </p><p>A major recoinage was then embarked upon, with thousands of silver coins being produced. The shilling was no exception with the date being removed from the design. (However, mint-marks can be used to reveal the date.) No shillings were produced between 1562 and 1582, but the next issue was also very large and a good number have survived for collectors. </p><p>Mint-marks: </p> <dl><dd><b>Hammered issue</b> (all coins were produced in the Tower)</dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>Lis (1559–1560)</li> <li>Cross crosslet (1560–61)</li> <li>Marlet (1560–61)</li> <li>Bell (1582–83)</li> <li>A (1582–84)</li> <li>Escallop (1584–86)</li> <li>Crescent (1587–89)</li> <li>Hand (1590–92)</li> <li>Tun (1592–95)</li> <li>Woolpack (1594–96)</li> <li>Key (1595–98)</li> <li>Anchor (1597–1600)</li> <li>1 (1601)</li> <li>2 (1602)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Milled issue</b> (Tower mint only) <ul><li>Star (1560–1)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p>The milled issue was produced by <a href="/wiki/Eloye_Mestrelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Eloye Mestrelle">Eloye Mestrelle</a> using horse power. The issues were a success, especially the sixpences, but he lost his post over various disputes with the mint workers. Although Eloye found it very difficult to make smaller coins the sixpences and shillings were made in fairly large quantities. The shillings still tend to be much rarer than sixpences and are often found weakly struck, gilded, holed, mounted etc. They are still available to collectors, albeit in poor condition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="James_I_(1603–1625)"><span id="James_I_.281603.E2.80.931625.29"></span>James I (1603–1625)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: James I (1603–1625)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the reign of <a href="/wiki/James_VI_and_I" title="James VI and I">James I</a>, coinage continued in much the same way as in Elizabeth's but the coins have a mark of value (XII) in front of the bust. Some shillings were struck with a plume above the shield (Welsh silver). </p><p>The mint-marks for these coins are: </p> <dl><dd><b>First coinage</b> (reverse legend <i>Exurgat deus dissipentur inimici</i>) <ul><li>Lis (1603–4)</li> <li>Thistle (1603–4)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Second coinage</b> (reverse legend <i>Quae deus coniunxit nemo seperat</i>, square cut beard) <ul><li>Lis (1604–5)</li> <li>Rose (1604–6)</li> <li>Escallop (1606–7)</li> <li>Grapes (1607)</li> <li>Coronet (1607–9)</li> <li>Key (1609–10)</li> <li>Mullet (1611–2)</li> <li>Tower (1612–3)</li> <li>Trefoil (1613)</li> <li>Tun (1613–5)</li> <li>Cinquefoil (1613–5)</li> <li>Closed book (1615–6)</li> <li>Plain cross (1617–18)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Third coinage</b> (very long curly hair) <ul><li>Spur Rowel (1619–20)</li> <li>Rose (1620–1)</li> <li>Thistle (1621–3)</li> <li>Lis (1623–4)</li> <li>Trefoil (1624)</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><b>Welsh issues</b> (with plume above shield) <ul><li>Thistle (1621–3)</li> <li>Lis (1623–4)</li> <li>Trefoil (1624)</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1625_to_1706">1625 to 1706</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shilling_(English_coin)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1625 to 1706"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shillings were minted in every subsequent reign as well as during the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth</a> period. </p><p>From 1707, as the result of the Union of England and Scotland to form the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a>, the English shilling was converted into the <a href="/wiki/Shilling_(British_coin)" title="Shilling (British coin)">British shilling</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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href="/wiki/Tanzanian_shilling" title="Tanzanian shilling">Tanzanian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugandan_shilling" title="Ugandan shilling">Ugandan shilling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_sol" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentine sol">Argentine sol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilling_(Australian)" title="Shilling (Australian)">Australian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_schilling" title="Austrian schilling">Austrian schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_(coin)#Bavaria" title="Schilling (coin)">Bavarian schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biafran_pound" title="Biafran pound">Biafran shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolivian_sol" title="Bolivian sol">Bolivian sol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilling_(British_coin)" title="Shilling (British coin)">British shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Cypriot_pound#Predecimal_series" title="Coins of the Cypriot pound">Cypriot shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_African_shilling" title="East African shilling">East African shilling</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">English shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Fijian_pound" title="Coins of the Fijian pound">Fijian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_guilder#1434-66,_Burgundian_Netherlands" title="Dutch guilder">Flemish schelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_sol" title="French sol">French sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_colonial_livre" title="French colonial livre">French colonial sou</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe_livre" title="Guadeloupe livre">Guadeloupe sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haitian_livre" title="Haitian livre">Haitian sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_France_livre" title="New France livre">New France sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia_livre" title="Saint Lucia livre">Saint Lucia sou</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambian_pound#Coins" title="Gambian pound">Gambian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghanaian_pound#Coins" title="Ghanaian pound">Ghanaian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_(coin)#Hamburg_and_Lübeck" title="Schilling (coin)">Hamburg and Lübeck schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilling_(Irish_coin)" title="Shilling (Irish coin)">Irish scilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Israeli_shekel" title="Old Israeli shekel">Israeli old shekel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soldo" title="Soldo">Italian soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_government-issued_Oceanian_pound#Banknotes" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese government-issued Oceanian pound">Japanese government-issued Oceanian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_livre" title="Jersey livre">Jersey sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lombardo-Venetian_florin" title="Lombardo-Venetian florin">Lombardo-Venetian soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luccan_lira" title="Luccan lira">Luccan soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_livre" title="Luxembourg livre">Luxembourg sou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malawian_pound#Coins" title="Malawian pound">Malawian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_tree_shilling" title="Pine tree shilling">Massachusetts pine tree shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_(coin)#Mecklenburg" title="Schilling (coin)">Mecklenburg schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_pound#Coins" title="New Zealand pound">New Zealand shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_pound#Coins" title="Nigerian pound">Nigerian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papal_lira#Coins" title="Papal lira">Papal soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parman_lira#Coins" title="Parman lira">Parman soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peruvian_sol_(1863%E2%80%931985)" title="Peruvian sol (1863–1985)">Peruvian sol de oro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Szel%C4%85g_(coin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Szeląg (coin)">Polish szeląg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidus_(coin)#Spain_and_Peru,_Portugal_and_Brazil" title="Solidus (coin)">Portuguese soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_Rhodesian_pound" title="Coins of the Rhodesian pound">Rhodesian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland_pound#Coins" title="Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound">Rhodesia and Nyasaland shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidus_(coin)" title="Solidus (coin)">Roman solidus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sardinian_scudo" title="Sardinian scudo">Sardinian soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skilling_(currency)" title="Skilling (currency)">Scandinavian skilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_(coin)#Schleswig_and_Holstein" title="Schilling (coin)">Schleswig-Holstein schilling courant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_coinage" title="Scottish coinage">Scots shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekel" title="Shekel">Shekel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesian_pound#Coins" title="Southern Rhodesian pound">Southern Rhodesian shilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coins_of_the_South_African_pound" title="Coins of the South African pound">South African sjieling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solidus_(coin)#Spain_and_Peru,_Portugal_and_Brazil" title="Solidus (coin)">Spanish sueldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticinese_franco" title="Ticinese franco">Ticinese soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuscan_lira" title="Tuscan lira">Tuscan soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_shah" title="Ukrainian shah">Ukrainian shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venetian_lira" title="Venetian lira">Venetian soldo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C3%B6rgl#The_Wörgl_Experiment" title="Wörgl">Wörgl schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_(coin)#Württemberg" title="Schilling (coin)">Württemberg schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zambian_pound#Coins" title="Zambian pound">Zambian shilling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As a denomination</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penny_(Canadian_coin)" title="Penny (Canadian coin)">Canadian <i>sou</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_pound#Used_for_historical_values_or_jocularly" title="Egyptian pound">Egyptian <i>shelen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_%C4%91%E1%BB%93ng" title="Vietnamese đồng">Vietnamese <i>xu</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_African_shilling" title="East African shilling">East African shilling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td 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