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shilling

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shilling

English coin worth 12 pennies (there were 20 shillings to one pound), first minted under Henry VII. Although the denomination of a shilling was abolished with the advent of decimalization in 1971, the coins remained in circulation as five-pence pieces.



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Captain John Hull was appointed to manufacture this money, and was to have about one shilling out of every twenty to pay him for the trouble of making them.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
“This,” cried the young man, with an accent that sounded as if he took a bitter pleasure in his poverty, while he held a shilling up before his eyes, “this is all the treasure that I possess—this and my rifle
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
The only thing to be careful about is that you do not pay more than a shilling for the shilling you earn.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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