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What is the King's shilling?
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What is a king shilling?
A King's shilling was the money given to recruits of the Armedforces of the UK during the 18th and 19th centuries. The practiceof receiving a King's shilling ended in 1879.
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What is a carnival shill?
A carnival shill is someone who works for the carnival and gets people to play the games by convincing the carnival goers that they are easy to win. There are many ways carniv…al shills are used. One way is the games are rigged so the shill wins in front of a crowd, thereby proving that people can win the games. Another is the shill walks around the carnival with a prize (generally something noticable like a large stuffed animal) and when people ask where the shill got the prize, the shill responds they won it at such-and-such a game. These methods are especially effective if the shill is a young child or a pretty girl. (MORE)
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What is the Shilling symbol?
If the question is regarding the pre-decimal British coin, the symbol is a lower case "s". For example, Two Shillings can be expressed as 2s, which is how it may have appeare…d on a train ticket, a restaurant menu or a theatre ticket. Alternatively, Two Shillings may have been written as 2/-. The slash is a seperater between the denominations, and the dash represents a value of zero (Pennies in this case). (MORE)
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What is a Victorian Shilling?
A Victorian Shilling is a Shilling coin (of 12 Pence) that was issued during the reign of Queen Victorias and has an image of Queen Victoria on the obverse (front). They were …issued from 1838 to 1901 inclusive. The same naming convention apply to other Monarchs, ie. Edwardian, Georgian, etc. (MORE)
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What is the sign for a shilling?
The sign for the British Shilling was an S if a sign was required. £1/2/6 or £1/2/6d represented One Pound, Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value is between th…e Pound value and the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. 2/6d represented Two Shillings and Sixpence. The Shilling value precedes the Penny value, so it does not need a sign. The position of the 2 makes the value Two Shillings. If the need arose to indicate an even Shilling value, it was written as 2/-, indicating Two Shillings and zero Pence or, 2S, indicating Two Shillings. (MORE)
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What is the definition of shillings?
The Shilling was a sub-unit of currency of 12 Pence that was used in Britain and the currencies of any country using a currency based on the British Imperial currency system o…f Pounds, Shillings and Pence. 12 Pence to the Shilling and 20 Shillings to the Pound. All of these currencies are now obsolete and have long since been withdrawn. The Shilling is currently used as the major unit of currency by Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. 100 cents or senti to the Shilling. (MORE)
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What is a colonial shilling?
Colonial shilling is a very broad term. It would be a certain type of coin produced by the British for their colonies.
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Does a shilling say shilling on the coin?
British Shillings have ONE SHILLING inscribed on the reverse of the coin from late 1887 onwards. British Shillings minted from early 1887 back into history, do not have any i…ndication as to the face value of the coin. You would need to be able to recognise the coin from its size and appearance. Shillings minted in the 17th century during the time of James I and Charles I had the Roman numerals XII on them, indicating 12 Pence (One Shilling). (MORE)
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What were florins and shillings?
A Shilling was a coin with a value of 12 pence. A Florin was a 2 Shilling coin. Both of these coins were used in Britain and many BritishEmpire/Commonwealth countries. At Brit…ains changeover to decimal currency, the Florin and theShilling were replaced by the 10 and 5 New Pence coinsrespectively. (MORE)