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Shilling
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<p>The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern <a href="/facts/Currency/g5GPGfTe">currencies</a> formerly used in the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>, other <a href="/facts/British_Commonwealth/TcIRQnNq">British Commonwealth</a> countries and <a href="/facts/Ireland/35vYxXdP">Ireland</a>, where they were generally equivalent to 12 <a href="/facts/Pence/DysYGxII">pence</a> or one-twentieth of a <a href="/facts/Pound_(currency)/s3AhdXr6">pound</a> before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s. </p><p>Currently the shilling is used as a currency in five east African countries: <a href="/facts/Kenyan_shilling/jfWCrPFc">Kenya</a>, <a href="/facts/Tanzanian_shilling/NLpmjuRb">Tanzania</a>, <a href="/facts/Ugandan_shilling/ET6vYcFR">Uganda</a>, <a href="/facts/Somali_shilling/XFDf1NT4">Somalia</a>, and the <i>de facto</i> country of <a href="/facts/Somaliland_shilling/1Q3SI9pJ">Somaliland</a>. The <a href="/facts/East_African_Community/QDI3kyLP">East African Community</a> additionally plans to introduce an <a href="/facts/East_African_shilling/LLWYYT56">East African shilling</a>. </p>