coin, shilling, issued by George III, 1816
A shilling was a silver coin known also by its nickname 'a bob'. It was also spoken of as 'Two Tanners' in reference to the fact that two six pence, a copper coin, could make up a Shilling. The last shilling was minted in 1966 prior to decimalisation.
In 1816 a event took place now known as 'The Great Re-Coinage', a attempt by the British government to restabilise the currency after the French Revolution and the Napoleonic War. One of the aims was to reintroduce silver coinage, as well as altering the value of some coins, although the value of the shilling remained the same at 12 pence.
This object was audited and researched as part of the Heritage Fund Data Hunters and Story Gatherers project.
