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1 pound = 20 shillings or 240 pennies 5 shillings = 60 pennies

1 British pound = 1.56557628 Canadian Dollars as of April 9, 2011

1.56557628 divided by 20 x 5 = 0.3913907

5 shillings = 0.39 cents in Canadian Dollars

Five shillings equals 60 USD cents, and 20 shillings equals 1 GBP. USD means United States Dollar, while GBP means Great Britain Pound. One shilling equals 12 pennies.

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