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Definition of: shilling
(shil′ing) noun
1. A current silver coin of Great Britain, first issued in 1504; twelve-pence. Compare SOLIDUS (def. 2).
2. A former denomination of money in the United States varying in value from 12 1/2 to 16 2/3 cents.
—King's shilling An English shilling formerly handed to a recruit on his joining the British military service: considered as binding as the signing of a contract: also Queen's shilling. [OE scilling]
Issued by Massachusetts in 1652 (actual size).
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