Skilling (currency)

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The skilling (pronounced shilling in English) was the Scandinavian equivalent of the shilling. It was used as a subdivision of the various kinds of currencies named rigsdaler in use throughout Scandinavia, including the Danish rigsdaler, the Norwegian rigsdaler, and the Swedish riksdaler.

Denmark

From 1625 to 1873, one Danish skilling (pronounced [ˈske̝lˀe̝ŋ]) was equivalent to 1⁄96 of a rigsdaler. The word is still used colloquially for a small but unspecified amount of money ("lille skilling"). King Christian IX abolished the rigsdaler and skilling in favor of the kroner and ører in 1873.

Norway

From 1816, the Norwegian skilling (pronounced [ˈʂɪ̂lːɪŋ]) was equivalent to 1⁄120 of a speciedaler, and before that 1⁄120 of a rigsdaler specie, or 1⁄96 of a rigsdaler courant. It was introduced in Norway in the early 16th century and was abolished 1875.

Sweden

During the 19th century, one Swedish skilling (pronounced [ˈɧɪ̂lːɪŋ]) was equivalent to 1⁄48 of a riksdaler. It was in use between 1776 and 1855.

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Circulating	Israeli shekel Kenyan shilling Peruvian sol Somali shilling Somaliland shilling Tanzanian shilling Ugandan shilling
Defunct	Argentine sol Australian shilling Austrian schilling Bavarian schilling Biafran shilling Bolivian sol British shilling Cypriot shilling East African shilling English shilling Fijian shilling Flemish schelling French sou French colonial sou Guadeloupe sou Haitian sou New France sou Saint Lucia sou Gambian shilling Ghanaian shilling Hamburg and Lübeck schilling Irish scilling Israeli old shekel Italian soldo Japanese government-issued Oceanian shilling Jersey sou Lombardo-Venetian soldo Luccan soldo Luxembourg sou Malawian shilling Massachusetts pine tree shilling Mecklenburg schilling New Zealand shilling Nigerian shilling Papal soldo Parman soldo Peruvian sol de oro Polish szeląg Portuguese soldo Rhodesian shilling Rhodesia and Nyasaland shilling Roman solidus Sardinian soldo Scandinavian skilling Schleswig-Holstein schilling courant Scots shilling Shekel Southern Rhodesian shilling South African sjieling Spanish sueldo Ticinese soldo Tuscan soldo Ukrainian shah Venetian soldo Wörgl schilling Württemberg schilling Zambian shilling
As a denomination	Canadian sou Egyptian shelen Vietnamese xu
Proposed	East African shilling
See also	Shilling mark (/–) Roman currency Carolingian monetary system £sd