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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 ]
A two-shekel weight recently recovered near the temple area in Jerusalem and dated to the period of the First Temple weighs 23 grams, [8] giving a weight of 11.5 grams per shekel in Israel during the monarchy. When used to pay labourers, recorded wages in the ancient world range widely.
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).
Israel's shekel dropped to its lowest level in more than three years on Thursday amid concerns that a judicial crisis besetting the country was deepening, with compromise efforts stalled and a key ...
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
Israeli banks are refusing shekel cash transfers from Palestinian banks in the occupied West Bank in a move that could soon prevent Palestinians from accessing vital goods and services ...
The old shekel was short-lived due to its hyperinflation. The old shekel was subdivided into 100 new agorot (אגורות חדשות). The shekel sign was although it was more commonly denominated as S or IS. The Israeli old shekel replaced the Israeli pound (IL), which had been used until 24 February 1980, at the rate of IS 1 shekel to IL10.
(Bloomberg) -- Israel’s government is looking to boost its economic aid to businesses and workers clobbered by the coronvairus outbreak by as much as 14 billion shekels ($3.8 billion), a surge ...