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Israeli pound: research record

Evidence coverage: 1948–1980. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Israeli pound

FTM000227 · Research draft

A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1948–1980; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Palestine poundterritorial currency separation · 1948
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Children / successors

Israeli new shekelstatutory unit replacement · 1980
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Siblings

Jordanian dinarShared predecessor: Palestine pound

Latest research

Historical account research

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.

Sources and qualifications →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1948supported

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.

C1536
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1114

Israel implemented the statutory change from the pound to the sheqel in February 1980. The 1985 new-sheqel rescaling stays within the sheqel profile.

Bank of Israel · Sheqel series Citation S536 · Open source ↗

1969 currency law; February 1980 implementation; Agora and New Sheqel Series opening paragraph

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Bank of Israel · Banknotes and Coins — Agora and New Sheqel Series Citation S237 · Open source ↗

1969 currency law; February 1980 implementation; Agora and New Sheqel Series opening paragraph

Supported C1536

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.

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 Citation S878 · Open source ↗

Currency Ordinance sections 1–2; Bank Notes Ordinance section 13

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

English translation reproduced contemporaneously, not the original Hebrew gazette.

Supported C1709

Israel's 1948 Currency Ordinance substitutes the Israel pound for existing and future Palestine-pound references, and the Bank Notes Ordinance exchanges notes at the same numerical amount. This is a documented regional account succession at parity; it does not imply termination of the Palestine pound in Jordan or Gaza in 1948.

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 Citation S878 · Open source ↗

Currency Ordinance sections 1–4; Bank Notes Ordinance sections 7 and 13

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

English translation reproduced contemporaneously, not the original Hebrew gazette.

Nicholas Krus and Kurt Schuler · Currency Board Financial Statements, Studies in Applied Economics No.22 (December 2014) Citation S189 · Open source ↗

Currency Ordinance sections 1–4; Bank Notes Ordinance sections 7 and 13

Source access and limitations

Underlying annual reports and ordinances not independently inspected.

Gambia coin date conflicts with the indexed central-bank account.

Institutional liquidation is not currency termination.

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