How much is 200 shillings worth?

Answer 1

There are a few ways of looking at this question. First, you have to realize that the UK no longer uses shillings, when the UK went Decimal in 1971, a shilling was valued at 5 new pence. Because of this, if you were to directly convert 200 shillings into modern money and use currency conversion, you have a result of 10 pounds. Which today would be equal to around $15 US/CAD.

Another way is to look at it from a historical perspective, 5 shillings equaled a crown which was about the same size and weight as a US silver dollar. So a shilling was about 20 US cents, making 200 shillings historically worth about $40. However, since the abandonment of the gold/silver standards by both nations, this comparison doesn't work in 2011.

And then if you are looking at individual coins, coins prior to 1919 are sterling silver and worth at least $5 in worn condition with prices increasing dramatically with better condition coins and older coins. However, this is such a huge date spread that I can't better value it for you without knowing what the dates of the shillings are. 1920-1946 are 50% silver and worth about $3 or so in worn condition, more in higher grades. And ones from 1947 are worth a few cents in high grade and not much at all in lower grades.