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York shilling
Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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one shilling York currency (12 1/2 cents).
Quotations
1824
There was forty-four or forty-five dollars in York Bank notes, three half dollars, a watch with seal, and a York shilling found on the deceased.
1862
The pressure became so great that the owner . . . at last commenced to charge a York shilling fee; and on Monday she did a handsome business in this way.
1920
There was no coin for the York shilling, but the English sixpence passed as such.