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Israeli new shekel
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The new Israeli shekel, also known as simply the Israeli shekel, is the currency of Israel and is also used as a legal tender in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The new shekel is divided into 100 agorot. The new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986, when it replaced the hyperinflated old shekel at a ratio of 1000:1.
Israeli new shekel
New shekel banknotes (Current Series C)
New shekel banknotes (Current Series C)
Image: Israel 1000 Sheqalim 1983 Obverse & Reverse
Image: Israel 1000 Sheqalim 1983 Obverse & Reverse
Image: Israel 5000 Sheqalim 1984 Obverse & Reverse
Image: Israel 5000 Sheqalim 1984 Obverse & Reverse
Image: Israel 10000 NIS Bill 1984
Image: Israel 10000 NIS Bill 1984
Shekel
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Shekel or sheqel is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight—very roughly 11 grams —and became currency in ancient Tyre and Carthage and then in Hasmonean Judea.
An electrum Carthaginian shekel, c. 310–290 BC, bearing the image of Tanit, consort of Baal Hammon
An electrum Carthaginian shekel, c. 310–290 BC, bearing the image of Tanit, consort of Baal Hammon
Shekel from the First Jewish–Roman War with the legend לגאלת ציון, "To the redemption of Zion", in Paleo-Hebrew script, at the Rockefeller Archeologic
Shekel from the First Jewish–Roman War with the legend לגאלת ציון, "To the redemption of Zion", in Paleo-Hebrew script, at the Rockefeller Archeological Museum