Editing Shilling (section)

==={{anchor|Ireland}}Irish shillings===
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Between 1701 and the unification of the currencies in 1825, the [[Kingdom of Ireland|Irish]] shilling was valued at 13 pence and known as the "black hog", as opposed to the 12-pence English shillings which were known as "white hogs".<ref>{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Joseph |title=The English Dialect Dictionary |chapter=Hog |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_R8QAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |publisher=Times Book Club |location=London |date=1898 |page=196 |isbn=9785880963072 |oclc=422279387}}</ref>

In the [[Irish Free State]] and [[Republic of Ireland]], the [[Shilling (Irish coin)|shilling coin]] was issued as {{lang|ga|scilling}} (the [[Irish language]] equivalent). It was worth 1/20 of an [[Irish pound]], and was interchangeable at the same value to the British coin, which continued to be used in [[Northern Ireland]]. The coin featured a bull on the reverse side. The first minting, from 1928 until 1941, contained 75% silver, more than the equivalent British coin. The pre-decimal Irish shilling coin (which was retained for some time after decimalisation) was withdrawn from circulation on 1 January 1993, when a smaller five-pence coin was introduced.