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The shilling is the currency of Kenya.
English Shillings were first struck in 1504 of 925 (sterling) silver. In 1919 the English shilling was reduced to silver of a 500 fineness and in 1947 they ceased to be made of silver at all.
In America shillings were first issued from the mint at Boston. Its coins were of the value of 12d, 6d and 3d pieces, and 'every shilling weighing the three-penny trojweight and lesser peeces proportionably'. The first struck were mere planchets stamped near the border NE, and on the reverse the value indicated by XII, similarly impressed. The first struck were known as the New England Shilling and these were followed by the Willow Tree, Oak Tree and Pine Tree coins. Their weight was 72 grains, and their value 18.25 cents. The tree coins all bore the same date, the Pine Tree being the most conspicuous.
Maryland also, in 1659, had shillings coined in London by Lord Baltimore; their weight was 66 grains, and their value 16.73 cents. They bore a profile bust of Lord Baltimore, an escutcheon with his arms and the figure XII denoting the value.
There was also the Bermuda shilling or Hogge penny, one of the earliest coins used in America.
As money of account the shilling, like the pound varied much in value from colcuy to colony. In New England and Virginia the shilling equalled, in 1790, a sixth part of the Spanish or Mexican silver dollar; in New York and North Carolina an eighth; in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland two-fifteenths; in South Carolina and Georgia three-fourteenths.
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