Term
Shilling
A small British coin worth one twentieth of a pound sterling. It was issued until Britain switched to decimal currency in 1971.
Your Infinite Power to Be Rich, Joseph Murphy
Explained in
- Your Infinite Power to Be Rich, Joseph Murphy
- Struggles and Triumphs, Phineas Taylor Barnum
An English coin, a twentieth of a pound sterling. A shilling was twelve times the price of a penny.
- Men of Invention and Industry, Samuel Smiles
A British coin, the twentieth part of a pound sterling.