{"id":9947,"date":"2023-05-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/?p=9947"},"modified":"2023-01-16T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:28:23","slug":"shilling-currencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finseta.com\/ae-en\/shilling-currencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Shilling currencies around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9947\" class=\"elementor elementor-9947\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-95ff439 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95ff439\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62f9078f\" data-id=\"62f9078f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b569702 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b569702\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The origin of the term Shilling is debated. Some believe it is based on the Old English term \u2018Scilling\u2019 which meant 1\/20th of a pound. It was used in the time of Charlemagne back in the 700s.<\/p><p>A shilling as a formal coin was first minted in 1500s England and in the Holy Roman Empire in the 1600s. It went on to become a currency in its own right in many of Britain&#8217;s colonies. It was also the name of two <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/austria\/\">Austrian<\/a> currencies named \u2018Schillings.\u2019<\/p><p>Shillings were removed from circulation in the UK following the decimalisation of <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/pound-sterling\/\">Sterling<\/a> in 1971 however four countries (all former British colonies) continue to use their own currencies named shillings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ed412ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ed412ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11a49258\" data-id=\"11a49258\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf862c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6bf862c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1373\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"1373\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1620,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kenyan-shilling-with-new-series-banknotes-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b538214\" data-id=\"3b538214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a642f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1c5a642f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kenyan Shilling (KES)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a7af5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10a7af5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Kenyan Shilling was introduced in 1966. It replaced the \u2018East African Shilling\u2019 which was the common currency in the UK\u2019s eastern African colonies.<\/p><p>The currency is divided into 100 cents, however, these are rarely used given the high rates of inflation in the country. The only sub-unit coin in circulation is the 50 cent which is still seen and used very infrequently.<\/p><p>National hero and first President of an independent <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/country-profiles\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a>, Jomo Kenyatta, features prominently on most of the coins and banknotes of the Kenyan Shilling.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7368338f elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7368338f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e7fe6d1\" data-id=\"5e7fe6d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-140e5669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"140e5669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tanzanian Shilling (TZS)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3397fbbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3397fbbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like the Kenyan Shilling, the Tanzanian Shilling was introduced in 1966. It replaced the \u2018East African Shilling\u2019 which was the common currency in the UK\u2019s eastern African colonies.<\/p><p>The currency is divided into 100 cents however these are no longer used. No coin or banknote is in circulation with this denomination. The largest banknote in circulation is the 10,000 TZS which features a prominent image of an elephant!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53bf59c0\" data-id=\"53bf59c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654edcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"654edcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10045\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"10045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/yen-currencies\/statehouse-from-tanzanian-money\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Janusz Pienkowski&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Statehouse from Tanzanian money - Shillings&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1661760737&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Statehouse from Tanzanian money&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Statehouse from Tanzanian money\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Statehouse from Tanzanian money &amp;#8211; Shillings&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/tanzania-banknoytes-1024x683.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73265533 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73265533\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f761ca8\" data-id=\"2f761ca8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45546c46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45546c46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-1024x684.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10042\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-1200x801.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-attachment-id=\"10042\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/yen-currencies\/somalia-shilling-banknotes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1068\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken 23 October 2013 and released by the African Union-United Nations Informtaion Support Team 25 October, a man holds up Somali shilling notes having just exchanged US Dollars with a money changer on the streets of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Millions of people in the Horn of Africa nation Somalia rely on money sent from their relatives and friends abroad in the form of remittances in order to survive, but it is feared that a decision by Barclays Bank to close the accounts of some of the biggest Somali money transfer firms \\u2013 due to be announced this week - will have a devastating effect on the country and its people. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), an estimated $1.6 billion US dollars is sent back annually by Somalis living in Europe and North America. Some money transfer companies in Somalia have been accused of being used by pirates to launder money received form ransoms as well as used by Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group al Shabaab group to fund their terrorist activities and operations in Somalia and the wider East African region. AU\/UN IST PHOTO \/ STUART PRICE.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"somalia-shilling-banknotes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SOMALIA, Mogadishu: In a photograph taken 23 October 2013 and released by the African Union-United Nations Informtaion Support Team 25 October, a man holds up Somali shilling notes having just exchanged US Dollars with a money changer on the streets of the Somali capital Mogadishu. Millions of people in the Horn of Africa nation Somalia rely on money sent from their relatives and friends abroad in the form of remittances in order to survive, but it is feared that a decision by Barclays Bank to close the accounts of some of the biggest Somali money transfer firms \u2013 due to be announced this week &amp;#8211; will have a devastating effect on the country and its people. According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), an estimated $1.6 billion US dollars is sent back annually by Somalis living in Europe and North America. Some money transfer companies in Somalia have been accused of being used by pirates to launder money received form ransoms as well as used by Al Qaeda-affiliated extremist group al Shabaab group to fund their terrorist activities and operations in Somalia and the wider East African region. AU\/UN IST PHOTO \/ STUART PRICE.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/somalia-shilling-banknotes-1024x684.jpeg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4401e14c\" data-id=\"4401e14c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7543e009 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7543e009\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Somalian Shilling (SOS)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26382408 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26382408\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Somali Shilling or &#8216;Shilin Soomaali&#8217; is the currency of the Federal Republic of Somalia. The currency was introduced in 1960 following the independence and unification of British and Italian Somaliland.<\/p><p>Somalia has been decimated by civil war over the years and the currency is incredibly weak and not strongly regulated (due to institutional weakness). The <a href=\"https:\/\/finseta.com\/knowledge-hub\/currencies\/us-dollar\/\">US Dollar<\/a> is therefore used informally in most transactions in the country.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-366db62d elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"366db62d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57c114b6\" data-id=\"57c114b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485a09cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"485a09cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ugandan Shilling (UGX)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713bd527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"713bd527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Like the Kenyan Shilling and the Tanzanian Shilling, the Ugandan Shilling was introduced in 1966. It replaced the \u2018East African Shilling\u2019 which was the common currency in the UK\u2019s eastern African colonies.<\/p><p>The currency is divided into 100 cents however these have not been used since 2013 due to mass inflation. 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Some believe it is based on the Old English term \u2018Scilling\u2019 which meant 1\/20th of a pound. It was used in the time of Charlemagne back in the 700s. 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