The countries currently using the Shilling as their major unit of currency include -
Kenya - abbreviation = KSh - (ISO code = KES) - 100 cents = 1 Shilling
Somalia - abbreviation = So Sh - (ISO code = SOS) - 100 senti = 1 Shilling
Tanzania - abbreviation = ??? - (ISO code = TZS) - 100 senti = 1 Shilling
Uganda - abbreviation = USh - (ISO code = UGX) - 100 cents = 1 Shilling
One shilling is equal to 100 cents. This is based on the decimal system where one shilling is equivalent to one dollar, which contains 100 cents. In historical contexts, particularly in the UK before decimalization in 1971, a shilling was worth 12 pence, but in modern currency terms, it is simplified to 100 cents.
About the same as a british shilling 24 cents a shilling
There is 24 Cents per British shilling
a schillling is five pents, so depending on how much the dolar is worth to the pound you shilling is worth anywhere from 5-10 cents
One British shilling is equal to 24 U.S. cents.
1 shilling is 24 cents so if you want the answer to five shillings you just do 24 times 5 =120 which is 1 dollar 20 cents
Around 8 cents
The value of 1 shilling in 1960 Kenya would have been equivalent to 100 cents.
The British Shilling converted to 5 New Pence at decimalisation. The Australian and New Zealand Shillings, amongst many others, converted to 10 cents at decimalisation.
There were twelve predecimal Pennies in a Shilling, as used by many of the British Commonwealth countries. The British Shilling converted to 5 New Pence at the changeover to decimal currency. The Australian and New Zealand Shilling converted to 10 cents at the changeover to decimal currency.
The official currency of Kenya is the shilling. Like the American dollar, the Kenyan shilling is divided into 100 cents.
In the old British system of currency, a shilling was roughly equal to the American quarter, which is 25 cents.