Shilling
an English silver coin and money of account equal to 12 pence, or the 20th part of a sovereign or pound sterling; and equivalent in the United States to about 24½ cents. In the United 'States, a denomination of money formerly in use, differing in value relatively to the dollar in different states, but below that of the English shilling. York shilling, a designation given in some parts of Canada to a silver sixpenny piece or English sixpence.