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Prices in the Ugandan shilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the amount in cents. An equals sign or hyphen represents zero amount. For example, 50 cents is written as "-/ 50 " and 100 shillings as "100/ = " or "100/-".
Some countries have not changed their currency despite being post-colonial, for example Uganda retains the Ugandan shilling. Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same.
Uganda: Ugandan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) UGX (none) (none) Ukraine: Ukrainian hryvnia ₴ UAH Kopeck: 100 United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates dirham: Dh or Dhs (pl.) AED Fils: 100 United Kingdom: Sterling £ GBP Penny: 100 United States: United States dollar $ USD Cent [A] 100 Uruguay: Uruguayan peso $ UYU Centésimo: 100 Uzbekistan ...
A 1933 UK shilling 1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses. The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s ...
Ugandan shilling; Media in category "Currencies of Uganda" This category contains only the following file. U. File:UgandanShillings1000.jpg
On 1 October 1951, the Indian rupee was replaced in Aden by the East African shilling, with twenty shillings being equal in value to one pound sterling. The East African shilling had itself been created in 1922 as a monetary unit out of the Indian rupee when the rising price of silver in the wake of the First World War caused the Indian rupees ...
All countries that previously had currencies based on pounds-shillings-pence system (£1 = 20 shillings = 240 pence) have now adopted decimal currencies (currencies related by powers of 10), with several changing the name of the main currency unit at the same time.
The pound was the currency of British West Africa, a group of British colonies, protectorates and mandate territories. It was equal to one pound sterling and was similarly subdivided into 20 shillings , each of 12 pence .