Oracle
How many shillings made up one pound sterling before decimalisation? Answer with the whole number only.
Answer
20
- unit
- The requested whole-number count of shillings comprising one pound sterling.
- currency system
- Pre-decimal British pound sterling, in which a pound was divided into shillings.
- sources
- www.royalmint.com, bank of england and royal museums greenwich pages on uk decimalisation (1971): pre-decimal £1 = 20 shillings = 240 pence; cross-checked against wikipedia 'pound sterling' and 'decimal day', bank of england, shillings to pounds converter (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/education-resources/shillings-to-pounds-converter); uk national archives, british rail goes decimal 1971 (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/significant-events/british-rail-goes-decimal-1971/), bank of england, shillings to pounds converter: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/education-resources/shillings-to-pounds-converter, bank of england, shillings to pounds converter: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/education-resources/shillings-to-pounds-converter (states 240 old pennies per pound and 12 per shilling)., britannica, "pound sterling" (https://www.britannica.com/topic/pound-sterling): under the pre-1971 £sd system, one pound sterling was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence., decimal day (uk), 15 february 1971 - prior to this, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings (and 1 shilling = 12 pence); widely documented historical fact of british currency, e.g. encyclopaedia britannica and uk national archives currency history pages, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "pound sterling" (britannica.com/topic/pound-sterling-british-currency): before decimalisation in 1971, one pound sterling was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 pence., encyclopaedia britannica, "pound sterling" entry (britannica.com/topic/pound-sterling-british-currency): states that before decimalisation in 1971, one pound sterling equaled 20 shillings, each shilling equaling 12 pence., encyclopaedia britannica, "pound sterling": 'until decimalization in 1971, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, each of which was divided into 12 pence.', encyclopaedia britannica, "pound sterling": under the pre-1971 £sd system, 1 pound = 20 shillings (each shilling = 12 pence), encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' / 'shilling' entries: under the pre-1971 british £sd system, one pound sterling equalled 20 shillings (and each shilling equalled 12 pence), encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' / uk decimalisation history: under the pre-1971 £sd system, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence, encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' and 'shilling' entries; uk national archives currency converter documentation on pre-decimal £sd system (1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence), both describing the historical fact of the pre-1971 british currency system, which is independent of any blockchain state., encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry, and uk national archives currency converter documentation, both stating that pre-1971 sterling used £1 = 20 shillings = 240 pence., encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry, and uk royal mint historical currency documentation: under the pre-1971 lsd system, 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence, encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry; and the uk decimal currency act 1969 historical background, both stating that prior to decimalisation one pound sterling equalled 20 shillings (each shilling equalling 12 pence)., encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry; uk national archives currency converter documentation - both state the pre-1971 pound was divided into 20 shillings (each shilling further divided into 12 pence), encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry; uk national archives currency converter documentation — both state that prior to decimalisation on 15 february 1971, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence, encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry; uk national archives currency decimalisation ('decimal day') overview — both state that prior to decimalisation, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings, encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling' entry; uk royal mint historical currency reference — both state the pre-1971 £sd system of 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence, encyclopaedia britannica, 'pound sterling': prior to decimalisation on 15 february 1971, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence; corroborated by the uk national archives currency converter documentation on pre-decimal £sd currency., historical fact of the uk pre-decimalisation currency system (£sd): 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence, in effect until decimal day, 15 february 1971. widely documented, e.g. uk national archives and standard historical references on british coinage., historical fact of the uk pre-decimalisation currency system (£sd): 1 pound = 20 shillings, as documented by e.g. the uk royal mint museum and encyclopaedia britannica entries on british coinage before decimal day, 15 february 1971., historical fact of the uk £sd currency system used before decimalisation on 15 february 1971: 1 pound = 20 shillings (and 1 shilling = 12 pence), as documented by the royal mint and bank of england historical records., historical fact of the uk £sd currency system: prior to decimalisation on 15 february 1971, 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence (12 pence per shilling). documented by the uk national archives currency converter and encyclopaedia britannica entries on pre-decimal british currency., historical fact of the uk £sd system: pre-1971 one pound sterling equalled 20 shillings (each shilling equalling 12 pence), as documented by the uk national archives currency converter and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on the pound sterling / shilling., historical fact of uk currency pre-decimalisation (pre-1971): 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence. documented by the uk national archives currency converter (nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter) and encyclopaedia britannica entry on the pound sterling., historical fact of uk pre-decimal currency (lsd system): 1 pound = 20 shillings, as documented by the uk national archives and the royal mint museum (e.g. royalmintmuseum.org.uk, nationalarchives.gov.uk currency converter), historical fact of uk pre-decimal currency: 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings (and 1 shilling = 12 pence), per the coinage act 1816 and standard uk monetary history (e.g. encyclopaedia britannica, bank of england historical records), unchanged until decimal day, 15 february 1971., pound sterling and decimal day articles (wikipedia, en): pre-1971 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence; read from the article text, not from chain data., pound sterling, wikipedia (sections on pre-decimal coinage and decimal day, 15 feb 1971); 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence, per the uk coinage act 1816 pound definition. read as panel evidence; no chain computation., royal mint museum, 'a history of decimalisation' (https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/a-history-of-decimalisation/); bank of england, 'shillings to pounds converter' (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/education-resources/shillings-to-pounds-converter). both state that 20 shillings made one pound., royal mint museum, 'pounds, shillings and pence' (https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/); corroborated by wikipedia '£sd' and bank of england pre-decimal converter, royal mint museum, pounds, shillings and pence: https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/journal/history/pounds-shillings-and-pence/, royal mint museum, the story of decimalisation (https://production.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/collect/decimalisation/the-story-of-decimalisation/); bank of england museum, payments through time (https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/whats-on/2019/325-years-exhibition/payments-through-time), royal mint, 'decimalisation' history (royalmint.com) and uk national archives guidance on pre-decimal money: 1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence., the royal mint, the royal mint and decimalisation: https://www.royalmint.com/collect/decimalisation/the-story-of-decimalisation/, the royal mint, ‘the royal mint and decimalisation’: https://www.royalmint.com/discover/decimalisation/a-new-royal-mint/, uk decimal currency act 1967 and the uk national archives / royal mint pre-decimal currency references: £1 = 20 shillings (1 shilling = 12 pence), uk national archives / royal mint museum historical currency reference: before decimalisation on 15 february 1971, one pound sterling (£1) was divided into 20 shillings (each shilling further divided into 12 pence)., uk national archives currency converter / royal mint museum: pre-decimalisation £sd system defined 1 pound = 20 shillings = 240 pence, uk pre-decimal currency: 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings (royal mint historical currency reference; uk legal tender under the decimalisation of 15 february 1971 retired the shilling), wikipedia, 'decimal day' (https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/decimal_day) and 'pound sterling' article: the pound was subdivided into 20 shillings of 12 pence each until decimalisation on 15 february 1971, wikipedia, 'decimal day' and 'shilling' articles: before uk decimalisation on 15 february 1971, one pound sterling was divided into 20 shillings (each shilling being 12 pence, for 240 pence per pound)., wikipedia, 'pound sterling' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pound_sterling): "before decimalisation in 1971, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound.", wikipedia, 'pound sterling' and 'decimal day' (1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pence, until 15 february 1971), wikipedia, decimal day and pound sterling articles (en.wikipedia.org); web search 2026-10-04 returned the 20 shillings / 240 pence figure from these pages, www.bankofengland.co.uk, www.nationalarchives.gov.uk, www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk
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#149820from www.royalmint.com
#28120from en.wikipedia.org
#131420Historical fact of UK currency pre-decimalisation (pre-1971): 1 pound sterling = 20 shillings = 240 pence. Documented by the UK National Archives currency converter (nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter) and Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on the pound sterling.
#145720Wikipedia, 'Decimal Day' and 'Shilling' articles: before UK decimalisation on 15 February 1971, one pound sterling was divided into 20 shillings (each shilling being 12 pence, for 240 pence per pound).138 more
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