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 | | Before decimalisation in 1971, a shilling had a value of 12d (old pence), and was equal to 1/20th of a pound : there were 240 (old) pence to the pound.) Post-decimalisation, "shilling" refers to the 5p coin, which is still worth 1/20th of a pound, because there are 100 new pence in a pound. |
 | | They were withdrawn in 1990, when a new, smaller, 5p coin was produced. |
 | | The Sol (later the sou), both also derived from the Roman Solidus, were the equivalent coins in France, while the (Nuevo) Sol (PEN) remains the currency of Peru (although in that case, it may simply be the Spanish word for sun ; it replaced the inti, which means "sun" in Quechua). |
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