A 1944 British Shilling would have been 50% silver, the remainder being various percentages of copper (mostly), zinc and nickel.
About the same as a british shilling 24 cents a shilling
The last British Shilling minted for general circulation was minted in 1966.
If you refer to the 1920 British Shilling, it is not rare.
A shilling is a British monetary coin and is not in the Bible.
A British Shilling in 1770 had the purchasing power of about £4.94 GBP today.
The Shilling has always been 1/20th of a British Pound.
There is 24 Cents per British shilling
There have been 12 Pennies in a Shilling since the Shilling was first introduced in 1550 until 1971 when the Shilling and the old Penny ceased to exist at Britains decimalisation.
Such a coin does not exist. The British Shilling was last minted for general circulation in 1966. The British Shilling was withdrawn and demonetised in 1990 along with the larger (23.5mm) 5 Pence coins it replaced.
A shilling is worth more than a penny. In the British currency system, there are 12 pennies in a shilling.
The 1923 British Shilling is made from 50% silver, 40% copper and 10% nickel, as are all British Shilling coins minted from 1920 to 1946 inclusive. Assuming that they are not too badly worn, the 1920 to 1936 British Shilling weighs 5.65 grams.
There was no 1970 British Crown (Five Shilling) coin minted. The last British predecimal Crown (Five Shilling) coin to be minted was in 1965.