shilling mark

noun

1. a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence:

   One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”

shilling mark

noun

1. another name for slash

Word History and Origins

Origin of shilling mark¹

so named because it was used to separate shillings from pence when writing amounts less than one pound before the introduction of decimal currency in Britain. For example, three shillings and eleven pence was written 3/11