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The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in several countries.
Currencies
- Shilling (British coin), circulating until 1990
- Shilling (English coin), a silver coin of the Kingdom of England from king Henry VII with the forerunner, the testoon
- Shilling (Irish coin), circulating until 1993
- Shilling (Australian), a coin minted 1910–1963
- East African shilling
- Kenyan shilling
- Somali shilling
- Somaliland shilling
- Tanzanian shilling
- Ugandan shilling
People
- Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), British aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist
- David Shilling (born 1949), British artist and designer
- Gary Shilling, American financial analyst and commentator
- Jennifer Shilling (born 1969), American politician
- Andrew Shilling (died 1621), English East India Company commander
Other uses
- Shilling, the grading system for Scottish ale
- Shill bidding or shilling, a practice to increase interest in a product
See also
- Schilling (disambiguation)
- Austrian schilling, the former currency of Austria
- Shieling, a hut, or collection of huts, once common in wild or lonely places in the hills and mountains of Scotland and northern England
- Shiling (disambiguation)
- Skilling (currency), the Scandinavian equivalent of the shilling
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