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new shekel

currency of Israel
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Summary

new shekel is a currency[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of currency entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,125 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Israel[3]
  • Instance of: legal tender[4]
  • Named after: shekel[5]
  • Manufacturer: Orell Füssli[6]
  • Commons category: Israeli new sheqel[7]
  • Currency sign: new shekel sign[8]
  • Central bank/issuer: Bank of Israel[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1985[10]
  • Start time: 1985[11]
  • Replaces: Old Israeli shekel[12]
  • Price: 0.2892 US dollars[13], 0.26254 euro[14], 0.30 US dollars[15]
  • Conversion to standard unit: 0.253613999492772 international United States dollar[16]
  • Unit symbol: ₪[17]
  • Subdivision of this unit: Israeli agora[18]

Why It Matters

new shekel has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

currency Israel Palestine Salfit

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Textcurator · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Israel
    Wikidata description → currency of Israel
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Country: Israel and The Occupied Territories"
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