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 lira canonical 6
Israeli pound 4
lira yisraelit 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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
ILR → refersTo → Israeli lira ⓘ
ILR → currencyName → Israeli lira ⓘ
ILR → usedFor → Israeli lira ⓘ
לירה ישראלית → שם בשפה האנגלית → Israeli pound ⓘ
linked to: Israeli lira
old Israeli shekel → replacedCurrency → Israeli lira ⓘ
Israeli lira → alsoKnownAs → Israeli pound ⓘ
subject linked to: old Israeli shekel
linked to: Israeli lira
old Israeli shekel → precededBy → Israeli lira ⓘ