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The new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986, when it replaced the hyperinflated old shekel at a ratio of 1000:1. The currency sign for the new shekel ₪ is a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words shekel (ש ) and ẖadash (ח ) (new). When the shekel sign is unavailable the abbreviation NIS (ש״ח and ش.ج) is used.
The word shekel is based on the triliteral Proto-Semitic root ṯql, cognate to the Akkadian šiqlu or siqlu, a unit of weight equivalent to the Sumerian gin2. [1] Use of the word was first attested in c. 2150 BC under the reign of Naram-Sin of Akkad, and later in c. 1700 BC in the Code of Hammurabi.
The old Israeli shekel, , in circulation between 1980 and 1985, had a different symbol, which was officially announced on 18 March 1980. [3] Before the introduction of the old shekel in 1980, there was no special symbol for the Israeli currency. It was a stylized Shin shaped like a cradle (i.e. rounded and opening upward).
De Facto Classification of Exchange Rate Arrangements, as of April 30, 2021, and Monetary Policy Frameworks [2]; Exchange rate arrangement (Number of countries) Exchange rate anchor
The old Israeli shekel, then known as the shekel (Hebrew: שקל, formally sheqel, pl. שקלים , Sheqalim ; Arabic : شيكل , šēkal, formerly Arabic : شيقل , šēqal until 2014; code ILR), was the currency of the State of Israel between 24 February 1980 and 31 December 1985.
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The coins were the size of a modern Israeli half-shekel and were issued by Tyre, in that form, between 126 BC and AD 56. Earlier Tyrian coins with the value of a tetradrachm, bearing various inscriptions and images, had been issued from the second half of the fifth century BC.
Rand – South Africa; Reaal – Curaçao; Real Angolan real – Angola; Argentine real – Argentina; Azorean real – Azores; Brazilian real (old) – Brazil; Brazilian real – Brazil; Cape Verde real – Cape Verde; Central American Republic real – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; Colombian real – Colombia ...