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Israeli pound

Israeli pound: a historical unit of account.

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Israeli pound: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Palestine poundPalestine pound 1948 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1948 Israeli new shekelIsraeli new shekel 1980 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1980 Israeli poundIsraeli pound Currency history

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The Israel pound of 1, 000 mils inherits existing Palestine-pound references under Currency Ordinance section 2; statutory monetary succession is already present in 1948, regardless of later banknote issuer or wording changes. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Government of Israel; English translations reproduced by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · New Currency System in Israel, Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 1948 C1536 ↗

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“Israeli pound.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000227.html

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