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A shekel or sheqel is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight of a value that varied over time and by issuing authority. It was also used in ancient Tyre,
An electrum Carthaginian shekel, c. 310–290 BC, bearing the image of Tanit, consort of Baal Hammon
Silver drachma, quarter shekel, minted in Gaza, Palestine (450-331 BC)
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
Old Israeli shekel
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The old Israeli shekel, then known as the shekel, was the currency of Israel between 24 February 1980 and 31 December 1985. It was replaced by the Israeli new shekel at a ratio of 1,000:1 on 1 January
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…30 pieces of silver" paid by the chief priests to Judas Iscariot in exchange for his betrayal of Jesus may be a reference to the Tyrian shekel. The shekel (sheqel in direct transcription) replaced the Israeli pound (Hebrew: לִירָה, lira) in 1980. Its currency symbol was ⟨⟩, although it was more commonly…
IS 1000 banknote (obverse and reverse) issued in 1983
Israel 1 Shekel 1978 Obverse & Reverse
Israel 5 Shkalim 1978 Obverse & Reverse
Israel 10 Sekel 1980 Obverse & Reverse