Coins of the pound sterling
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The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling, and values range from one penny to tw
Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).
Half crown, 1953
Two shilling coin, or florin, 1949
A 1937 George VI penny
Shilling (British coin)
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The British shilling, abbreviated "1s" or "1/-", was a unit of currency and a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄20 of one pound, or twelve pre-decimal pence. It was first minted in England in 1
Coins of the pound sterling
…on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 pence (shown on coins as "new pence" until 1981). Before decimalisation, twelve pence made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. British coins are minted by the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales (though some Crown Dependencies and Overseas…
Shilling of Edward VI, struck between 1551 and 1553
A sampler in the Guildhall Museum of Rochester illustrates the conversion between pence and shillings, going up in units of ten old pennies.
Queen Victoria Shilling, 1838–1887. Engravers William Wyon and Jean Baptiste Merlen.
Queen Victoria Shilling, 1887–1889. Engravers Joseph Edgar Boehm and Leonard Charles Wyon.