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thumb|250px|A 1933 UK shilling thumb|250px|1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses
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- History
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- Unrecognized countries
- British Isles
- Kingdom of England
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Great Britain, then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- {{anchor|Ireland}}Irish shillings
- Abbreviation and slang
- British Empire and Commonwealth
- Australian shillings
- South African shillings
- New Zealand shilling
- Maltese shillings
- Ceylonese shillings
- East African shillings
- North America
- Somali shilling
- Somaliland shilling
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thumb|250px|A 1933 UK shilling thumb|250px|1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses
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 generally equivalent to 12 pence, one-twentieth of a pound (worth 240 pence before decimalization), and was largely phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.