Israeli New Sheqel Wiki
The Israeli New Sheqel is the official currency of Israel. Including its external territories: Palestine, Israel. The currency code for Israeli New Sheqel is ILS and the currency symbol is ₪.
The Israeli New Sheqel (sign: ₪; code: ILS) is the currency of Israel.
The Israeli New Sheqel (ILS) is used as the official currency in Israel, Palestine.
The capital of Israel, Ramallah, uses the Israeli New Sheqel as its currency. Additionally, there are several other cities that use ILS either as their official currency or as an accepted form of payment Jerusalem, Ramallah.
About the Israeli New Sheqel
The new Israeli shekel (Hebrew: שֶׁקֶל חָדָשׁ, romanized: sheqel ẖadash, pronounced [ˈʃekel χaˈdaʃ] ; Arabic: شيكل جديد, romanized: šēkal jadīd; sign: ₪; ISO code: ILS; unofficial abbreviation: NIS), also known as simply the Israeli shekel (Hebrew: שקל ישראלי, romanized: sheqel yisreʾeli; Arabic: شيكل إسرائيلي, romanized: šēkal ʾisrāʾīlī), is the currency of Israel and is also used as a 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.
With currencyconverts.com, you can convert Israeli New Shekel (₪) to any other foreign currency. To convert a certain amount of Israeli New Sheqel, use the currency converter. This page provides free online information about currency conversion or exchange rates for world fiat currencies. The exchange rate for Israeli New Shekel is calculated from the mid-market real price and updates daily. Usually, people search for the ILS exchange rate before business travel to Israel or during a trip to other countries, and want to check the rate of Israeli New Shekel in local money. On this page, you can convert Israeli New Sheqel to main foreign currencies, get fast access to the most commonly used amounts of ILS, or alternatively calculate any amount of Israeli New Sheqel in other fiat money.