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shilling mark
noun
- a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence:
One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shilling mark1
so named because it was used to separate shillings from pence when writing amounts less than one pound before the introduction of decimal currency in Britain. For example, three shillings and eleven pence was written 3/11
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