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  2. Israeli new shekel - Wikipedia

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    The Israeli pound (לירה ישראלית, "lira yisraelit") was the currency of the State of Israel from June 1952 until it was replaced with the shekel on 24 February 1980. From 1955, after the Bank of Israel was established and took over the duty of issuing banknotes , only the Hebrew name was used, along with the symbol "IL". [ 8 ]

  3. Israeli currency - Wikipedia

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    Israeli currency may refer to these items: Israeli new shekel, used from 1985 to the present; Old Israeli shekel, used from 1980 to 1985; Israeli pound, used from 1948 to 1980; Shekel, used by the United Monarchy of Israel and the Kingdom of Israel, as well as during the Great Revolt

  4. Shekel - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of historical currencies - Wikipedia

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    5-sol French coin and silver coins – New France Spanish-American coins- unofficial; Playing cards – 1685-1760s, sometimes officially New France; 15 and a 30-deniers coin known as the mousquetaire – early 17th century New France

  6. Israeli agora - Wikipedia

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    In 1980 the Israeli pound was replaced by the shekel at a rate of IL10 per IS 1. The new subdivision of the shekel was named agora ẖadaša ("new agora"). There were 100 new agorot in 1 shekel. The high rate of inflation in Israel in the early 1980s forced the Israeli government to change the Israeli currency once again in 1985.

  7. Israeli pound - Wikipedia

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    The Israeli pound replaced the Palestine pound and was initially pegged at par to £1 sterling. It was replaced by the shekel on 24 February 1980, at the rate of IS 1 = IL 10, which was in turn replaced by the new shekel in 1985. Before the new currency was brought in, the Anglo-Palestine Bank issued banknotes denominated in Palestine pounds.

  8. List of currencies - Wikipedia

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    Israeli pound – Israel; Italian pound – Italy; Jersey pound – Jersey (not an independent currency) Lebanese pound – Lebanon; Libyan pound – Libya; Lombardo-Venetian pound – Lombardy–Venetia; Luccan pound – Lucca; Luxembourgish pound – Luxembourg; Malawian pound – Malawi; Maltese pound – Malta; Manx pound – Isle of Man ...

  9. Shekel sign - Wikipedia

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    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).