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English design - separate scots coin existed
[[Image:Shilling.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A U.K. shilling minted in 1955]]
[[Image:Shilling.jpg|right|thumb|200px|An English shilling minted in 1955]]
A '''Shilling''' was a coin and unit of currency equal to 1/20 of a [[pound]]. It consisted of 12 [[pence]], (in the UK, equivalent to 5 [[new pence]]). It is an historic part of the currency of the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]].
A '''Shilling''' was a coin and unit of currency equal to 1/20 of a [[pound]]. It consisted of 12 [[pence]], (in the UK, equivalent to 5 [[new pence]]). It is an historic part of the currency of the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]].