The U . S . penny settled on its current size in 1857, whereas the British shilling ( worth 12 British pence or about 24 Canadian cents, with a 24 mm ( inch ) diameter ).
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:* On June 8, 1921, the East Africa Shilling ( XEAS ), equal to half a East African Florin and one British Shilling Sterling, and also divisible into 100 Cents, replaced the East Africa Florin.
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A Glasgow newspaper reported in 1842 an accident in which an anonymous " gentleman from Dumfries-shire . . . bestride a velocipede . . . of ingenious design " knocked over a pedestrian in the Gorbals and was fined five British shillings.
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However, in Jamaica, British Honduras, Bermuda, and later in the Bahamas also, the official rating was set aside in favour of what was known as the'Maccaroni'tradition in which a British shilling, referred to as a'Maccaroni', was treated as one quarter of a dollar.
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On May 13, 1834 Congress gave legal tender status to : ( 1 ) the peso fuerte and onza de oro and their fractions, whether from Spain or one of the American republics, so long as they were of standard weight and fineness; ( 2 ) the peso fuerte ( silver dollar ) of the United States and its fractions; ( 3 ) the French franc; ( 4 ) the British shilling; and, ( 5 ) the pesos of Portugal and Brazil.
