two-shilling piece

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• Shilling — This article is about coinage. For other uses, see shilling (disambiguation). A 1933 UK shilling The shilling is a unit of currency used in some current and former British Commonwealth countries. The word shilling comes from scilling, an… …   Wikipedia

• Two shillings (British coin) — Infobox Coin Denomination = Two shillings Country = United Kingdom Value = 2.0 Unit = Shillings Mass = 11.3 Diameter = 28.52 Thickness = 2.5 Edge = Milled Composition = 75% Cu, 25%Ni Years of Minting = 1849 ndash;1967 Catalog Number = Obverse =… …   Wikipedia

• Two guineas (British coin) — What is nowadays known as the Two Guineas coin was first minted in 1664, in England, when it had a nominal value of forty shillings and it was known as a forty shilling piece, then it was later called a double guinea or two guinea piece, worth… …   Wikipedia

• Two bob — 1. sum of twenty cents; 2. twenty cent piece; 3. (obsolete) sum of two shillings; 4. (obsolete) two shilling silver coin; florin; 5. round mark left by a hammer in wood, as from mis hitting a nail; 6. of poor quality; useless; unreliable: goes… …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• two bob — Australian Slang 1. sum of twenty cents; 2. twenty cent piece; 3. (obsolete) sum of two shillings; 4. (obsolete) two shilling silver coin; florin; 5. round mark left by a hammer in wood, as from mis hitting a nail; 6. of poor quality; useless;… …   English dialects glossary

• Shilling (British coin) — In the United Kingdom, a shilling was a coin used from the reign of Henry VII until decimalisation in 1971. Before decimalisation there were twenty shillings to the pound and twelve pence to the shilling, and thus 240 pence to the pound. At… …   Wikipedia

• Charles Wesley Shilling — Charles Wesley Shilling, MD Nickname Chuck Born September 21, 1901(1901 09 21) …   Wikipedia

• Blackburne Shilling Gambit — moves = 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 ECO = C50 birth = Wilhelm Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor, Part II, 1895 nameorigin = Legend on Blackburne (see text) parentopening = Open Game AKA = Kostić Gambit chessgid = 2554918 move=4… …   Wikipedia

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• Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound — Infobox Currency image 1 = image title 1 = using countries = Rhodesia and Nyasaland pegged with = British pound at par subunit ratio 1 = 1/20 subunit name 1 = shilling subunit ratio 2 = 1/240 subunit name 2 = penny symbol = £ symbol subunit 1 = s …   Wikipedia

• Syd King — [ Syd King, the first manager of West Ham United] Ernest Sydney Syd King (born Chatham, Kent, 1873, died 1933) was a footballer and manager, and one of the most important figures in the early history of West Ham United. Playing careerHe started… …   Wikipedia