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 lira
surface form: Israeli pound

Israeli lira
surface form: lira yisraelit
category Currencies of Israel
Modern obsolete currencies
country Israel
currencyOf Israel
surface form: State of 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 Israeli lira self-linksurface differs
surface form: lira yisraelit

לירה ישראלית
monetaryAuthority Bank of Israel
monetaryReform replaced by shekel in 1980
officialName Israeli lira self-linksurface differs
surface form: Israeli pound
predecessor Palestine pound
region Middle East
replacedBy Israeli new shekel
surface form: Israeli shekel

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

Palestine pound replacedBy Israeli lira
Israeli lira officialName Israeli lira self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Israeli pound
Israeli lira localName Israeli lira self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: lira yisraelit
Israeli lira alsoKnownAs Israeli lira
this entity surface form: Israeli pound
Israeli lira alsoKnownAs Israeli lira
this entity surface form: lira yisraelit