old Israeli shekel

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The old Israeli shekel was Israel’s official currency in the early 1980s, later replaced by the new Israeli shekel due to high inflation.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Israeli shekel 2
old Israeli shekel canonical 1
שקל ישן 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former currency
alsoKnownAs Israeli pound
linked to: Israeli lira
category Currencies of Israel
Currencies replaced due to inflation
country Israel
currencySystem decimal
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeRateAtReplacement 1000 old Israeli shekels = 1 new Israeli shekel
inflationCharacteristic very high inflation
introduced 24 February 1980
ISO4217Code ILR
ILS
languageOnCurrency Arabic
English
Hebrew
legalTenderStatus no longer legal tender
localName שקל ישראלי
monetaryAuthority Bank of Israel
officialName Israeli shekel
linked to: old Israeli shekel
periodOfUseEnd 1985
periodOfUseStart 1980
precededBy Israeli lira
reasonForReplacement hyperinflation
region Middle East
replacedByCurrency new Israeli shekel
linked to: Israeli new shekel
replacedCurrency Israeli lira
subunit agora
subunitToUnit 100 agorot = 1 shekel
succeededBy new Israeli shekel
linked to: Israeli new shekel
symbol ש"ח
usedIn State of Israel
linked to: Israel
withdrawnFromCirculation 1985

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Referenced by (5)

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Israeli lira successorCurrency old Israeli shekel
ILR replacedByCurrency Israeli shekel
linked to: old Israeli shekel
לירה ישראלית מטבע שהוחלף על ידי שקל ישן
linked to: old Israeli shekel
לירה ישראלית מטבע שהוחלף על ידי שקל ישראלי
linked to: old Israeli shekel
old Israeli shekel officialName Israeli shekel
linked to: old Israeli shekel