Israeli lira

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The Israeli lira was the former currency of Israel, used from the early years of the state until it was replaced by the shekel in the late 20th century.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Israeli pound 2
lira yisraelit 2
Israeli lira canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former currency
abolished 1980
alsoKnownAs Israeli pound
linked to: Israeli lira

lira yisraelit
linked to: Israeli lira
category Currencies of Israel
Modern obsolete currencies
country Israel
currencyOf State of Israel
linked to: Israel
decimalization 1960
decimalizationChange subunit changed from pruta to agora
denominationType banknotes
coins
exchangeRateAtReplacement 1 shekel = 10 Israeli lira
introduced 1952
ISO4217Code ILR
languageOfName Hebrew
legalTenderStatus no longer legal tender
localName lira yisraelit
linked to: Israeli lira

לירה ישראלית
monetaryAuthority Bank of Israel
monetaryReform replaced by shekel in 1980
officialName Israeli pound
linked to: Israeli lira
predecessor Palestine pound
region Middle East
replacedBy Israeli shekel
linked to: Israeli new shekel

shekel
linked to: Israeli new shekel
replacedByDate 24 February 1980
status obsolete currency
subunit agora
subunitNameBeforeDecimalReform pruta
subunitRatio 1 lira = 100 agorot (after 1960)
1 lira = 100 prutot (before 1960)
successorCurrency old Israeli shekel
symbol IL
ל״י
timePeriod 20th century
usedFor everyday transactions in Israel
government accounting in Israel
usedFrom early years of the State of Israel
usedIn Israel
usedUntil late 20th century
writingSystem Hebrew script

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palestine pound replacedBy Israeli lira
Israeli lira officialName Israeli pound
linked to: Israeli lira
Israeli lira localName lira yisraelit
linked to: Israeli lira
Israeli lira alsoKnownAs Israeli pound
linked to: Israeli lira
Israeli lira alsoKnownAs lira yisraelit
linked to: Israeli lira