An Anglo-Saxon coin, ■worth fivepence and marked with a cross, to enable it to be broken into four pieces, was known as a “scylling,” from the word, “skil,” to divide; hence 'comes our modem term of “shilling.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2445, 24 June 1922, Page 3
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37Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2445, 24 June 1922, Page 3
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