Shilling

The shilling (or informally: bob) was a British coin first issued in 1548 for Henry VIII, although arguably the testoon issued about 1487 for Henry VII was the first shilling.

Other countries' shillings

Shillings were also issued in New Zealand before decimalisation in the 1960s, in Austria (schillings) until the advent of the euro, in the Scandinavian countries (skilding) until the Scandinavian Monetary Union of 1873, and in the City of Hamburg. Shillings remain the name of the basic currency units of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, where the East Africa Shilling was in use during colonial times, although the local shillings now all have different values.

Related Topics:
New Zealand - Decimalisation - Austria - Schilling - Euro - Scandinavian Monetary Union - 1873 - Hamburg - Kenya - Uganda - Tanzania - Somalia - East Africa

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The Sol (later the sou), both also derived from the Roman Solidus, were the equivalent coins in France, while the (Nuevo) Sol (PEN) remains the currency of Peru (although in that case, it may simply be the Spanish word for sun; it replaced the inti, which means "sun" in Quechua).

Related Topics:
Solidus - France - Sol - Peru - Sun - Inti

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