How to use in-sentence of “shilling”:
– Often it was informally represented by a slash, standing for a long s: “e.g.” “1/6” would be 1 shilling and sixpence, often pronounced “one and six”.
– The symbols for shilling and penny came from Roman coins: “s” for shilling.
– Current Australian 5-, 10- and 20-cent coins are the same size as the old Australian, New Zealand and British sixpenny, shilling and two shilling coins.
– In 1898, following the recommendations of the Indian Currency Committee, British India officially adopted the gold exchange standard by pegging the rupee to the British pound sterling at a fixed value of 1 shilling 4 pence.
– There were 10 shillings, 1, 5 and 10 pound notes with images of Matthew Flinders on the 10 shilling note, Queen Elizabeth II on the 1 pound note, John Franklin on the 5 pound note and Arthur Phillip on the 10 pound note.
– The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries.
