Editing Shilling (section)

===Great Britain, then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland===
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[[File:Great Britain, 1853 - 1 shilling, Victoria.jpg|thumb|One shilling, 1853 (reign of [[Queen Victoria]]). Silver, weight 5.64 g.]]
The common currency for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], created in 1707 by Article 16 of the [[Treaty of Union|Articles of Union]] between England and Scotland, continued in use until [[Decimal Day|decimalisation]] in 1971. During the [[Great Recoinage of 1816]] (following the [[Acts of Union 1800]] that united the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland), the mint was instructed to coin one [[troy pound]] (weighing 5760 grains or 373&nbsp;g) of [[sterling silver]] (0.925 fine) into 66 shillings, or its equivalent in other denominations.{{cn|date=July 2022}} This set the weight of the shilling at 87.2727 grains or 5.655&nbsp;grams from 1816 until 1990, when it was [[Legal tender#Demonetization|demonetised]] in favour of a new smaller [[Five pence (British coin)|5p]] coin of the same value.

At decimalisation in 1971, the shilling coin was superseded by the [[British five pence coin|new five-pence piece]], which initially was of identical size and weight and had the same value. Shillings remained in circulation until the five pence coin was reduced in size in 1991.

Three coins denominated in multiple shillings were also in circulation at this time. They were:
* the [[Two shillings (British coin)|florin]], two shillings (2/–), which adopted the value of 10 new pence (10p) at decimalisation;
* the [[Half crown (British coin)|half-crown]], two shillings and sixpence (2/6) or one-eighth of a pound, which was abolished at decimalisation (otherwise it would have had the value of 12{{sfrac|2}}p);
* the [[Crown (British coin)|crown]] (five shillings or one-fourth of a pound), the highest-denominated non-bullion UK coin in circulation at decimalisation (in practice, crowns were commemorative coins not used in everyday transactions).