Israeli currency
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Israeli currency may refer to these three items:
- Israeli new shekel, the current currency
- Old Israeli shekel, used from 1980-1985
- Israeli lira (Israeli poundIsraeli poundThe Israeli lira or Israel pound was the currency of Israel from shortly after the creation of the state in 1948 until 1980. Until 1952, the name used on the notes of the Anglo-Palestine Bank was Palestine pound, in Hebrew לירה א"י . In Arabic, the name was given as junayh filisţīnī...
), used from 1948-1980 - Israel sheqelShekelShekel , is any of several ancient units of weight or of currency. The first usage is from Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. Initially, it may have referred to a weight of barley...
, used by the United Monarchy of IsraelUnited MonarchyAccording to Biblical tradition, the united Kingdom of Israel was a kingdom that existed in the Land of Israel, a period referred to by scholars as the United Monarchy. Biblical historians date the kingdom from c. 1020 BCE to c...
and the Kingdom of Israel, as well as during the Great RevoltFirst Jewish-Roman WarThe First Jewish–Roman War , sometimes called The Great Revolt , was the first of three major rebellions by the Jews of Judaea Province , against the Roman Empire...