British Silver Shilling Coins
The British Silver Shilling Coins are collectable coins. The earliest machine made coins were struck under the reign of Charles II in 1663. The British silver shilling coins had a weight of 5.66 grams. These were issued in 0.925 silver up until 1919. From 1920 the silver was debased to 0.500 silver due to economic pressure. After World War II, in 1947, the shillings no longer contained silver and were made from cupronickel. A final proof coin was struck in 1970 prior to decimalization in 1971. The shilling continued to be legal tender, with a value of 5 new pence, and circulated alongside the new 5p coin (which shared the same size and weight). The introduction of a smaller 5p coin in 1990 led to the demonetization of the old shilling and 5p coins at the end of that year
