Irish Shillings
In Ireland, the shilling was issued as scilling in Irish and was worth one 20th of an Irish pound. The coin featured the bull on the obverse side. The first minting from 1928 until 1941 contained 75% silver, more than the equivalent British coin. The Irish shilling was finally withdrawn from circulation on January 1, 1993, as a smaller five-pence coin was introduced.
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Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or shillings:
“I hope you will not be washed away by the Irish sea.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)