The shilling is a historical coin and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland. It was gene
A 1933 UK shilling
1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses
English shilling minted under Edward VI, c. 1551
Schilling coin of the imperial city of Zürich, minted in billon, 1640
The East African shilling was the sterling unit of account in British-controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969. It was issued by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed na
Shilling
…the Somali shilling and the (de facto) Somaliland shilling. Looking forward, the East African Community plans to introduce a common currency, the East African shilling. The word shilling comes from the Anglo-Saxon word scilling, a monetary term meaning literally "twentieth of a pound", from the Proto-Germanic root…
1925 East African 1 Shilling coin obverse
1925 East African 1 Shilling coin reverse
1935 East African 5 cent coin obverse
1935 East African 5 cent coin reverse