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new shekel

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Also known as shekel, NIS, new Israeli shekel, Israeli new sheqel, new Israeli sheqel, ILS, ₪, Israeli new shekel

currency of Israel and occupied territories

AI overview

The new shekel is the official currency used in Israel and the occupied territories for buying and selling goods and services. It matters because it's the money system that enables everyday economic activity in that region.

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Encyclopedic overview

The new Israeli shekel (sign: ₪; ISO code: ILS; unofficial abbreviation: NIS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel, is the currency of Israel and is also used as a de facto legal tender in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The new shekel is divided into 100 agorot. The new shekel has been in use since 1 January 1986, when it replaced the hyperinflated old shekel at a ratio of 1000:1.

The currency sign for the new shekel ⟨ ₪ ⟩ is a combination of the first Hebrew letters of the words shekel ( ש‎) and ẖadash (ח‎) (new). When the shekel sign is unavailable the abbreviation NIS (ש״ח and ش.ج) is used.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “new shekel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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