Kingdom of Israel (1047-930 BC), State of Israel (1948-present)
Independent country in the Levant
Location: Canaan
Capital City: Gibeon (1047-1000 BC), Jerusalem (1000-930 BC, 1950-present), Tel Aviv (1948-1950)
Government type: Monarchy (1047-930 BC), Republic (1948-present)
Main languages: Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish
Main religions: Judaism, Sunni Islam
Note: Due to the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel remains unrecognized by a considerable minority of states.
Chronology
1047 BC: Israelite tribes unite into a kingdom
930 BC: Kingdom splits into Judah in the south and Samaria in the north after a succession dispute
1947: United Nations approves a plan for the partition of the Mandate of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, never implemented due to Arab rejection and ensuing war
1947-1949: Israeli War of Independence
1948: Independence declared
Currency
Pound (1948-1949)
1 Pound = 1000 Mils
First Lira (1949-1960)
1 Lira = 1000 Prutah
Second Lira (1960-1980)
1 Lira = 100 Agorot
First Shekel (1980-1985)
1 Shekel = 100 Agorot
Second Shekel (1985-present)
1 Shekel = 100 Agorot
Coins from Israel in the collection
•5 Prutah, 1949 (bronze, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), KM#10)
•10 Prutah, 1952 (aluminum-magnesium, Kings Norton Mint (Birmingham), KM#17)
•50 Prutah, 1954 (nickel-plated steel, Tel Aviv mint, KM#13.2)
•100 Prutah, 1955 (cupronickel, Tel Aviv mint, KM#14)
•1 Agorot, 1970 (aluminum-magnesium, Jerusalem mint, KM#24.1)
•1 Agorot, 1976 (aluminum-magnesium, Jerusalem mint, KM#24.1)
•5 Agorot, 1973 (aluminum bronze, Ottawa mint, KM#25)
•5 Agorot, 1976 (aluminum, Jerusalem mint, KM#25b)
•5 Agorot, 1978 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#25c) Commemorative: 30th Anniversary of Independence
•10 Agorot, 1960 (aluminum bronze, Tel Aviv mint, KM#26)
•10 Agorot, 1972 (aluminum bronze, Tel Aviv mint, KM#26)
•25 Agorot, 1961 (aluminum bronze, Bern, Tel Aviv, and Utrecht mints, KM#27)
•25 Agorot, 1968 (aluminum bronze, Jerusalem mint, KM#27)
•25 Agorot, 1970 (aluminum bronze, Jerusalem mint, KM#27)
•25 Agorot, 1978 (aluminum bronze, Jerusalem mint, KM#27b) Commemorative: 30th Anniversary of Independence
•1/2 Lira, 1967 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#36)
•1/2 Lira, 1968 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#36)
•1/2 Lira, 1970 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#36)
•1/2 Lira, 1978 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#36.2) Commemorative: 30th Anniversary of Independence
•1 Lira, 1961 (cupronickel, Utrecht mint, KM#34) Commemorative: Eleazar Avaran at the Battle of Beth Zechariah
•1 Lira, 1968 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#47.1)
•1 Lira, 1974 (cupronickel, Jerusalem and Ottawa mints, KM#47.1)
•1 Lira, 1978 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#47.2) Commemorative: 30th Anniversary of Independence
•1 Lira, 1979 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#47.1)
•5 Lira, 1978 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#90)
•1 Agorot, 1980 (aluminum-magnesium, Winnipeg mint, KM#106)
•10 Agorot, 1981 (cupronickel, Jerusalem, Paris, and Stuttgart mints, KM#108)
•1/2 Shekel, 1980 (cupronickel, Bern mint, KM#109)
•1 Shekel, 1984 (cupronickel, Jerusalem and Winnipeg mints, KM#111)
•10 Shekel, 1983 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#119)
•10 Shekel, 1984 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#119)
•10 Shekel, 1985 (cupronickel, Jerusalem and Stuttgart mints, KM#119)
•5 Agorot, 1988 (copper-aluminum-nickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#157)
•10 Agorot, 1988 (copper-aluminum-nickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#158)
•1/2 Shekel, 1985 (cupronickel, Jerusalem, Paris, and Stuttgart mints, KM#159)
•1/2 Shekel, 1992 (cupronickel, Jerusalem, Santiago, and Stuttgart mints, KM#159)
•1 Shekel, 1985 (cupronickel, Bern mint, KM#160)
•1 Shekel, 1986 (cupronickel, Jerusalem and Stuttgart mints, KM#160)
•1 Shekel, 1987 (cupronickel, Jerusalem mint, KM#160)
•1 Shekel, 1987 (silver (.850), Stuttgart mint, KM#169) Commemorative: Cities of the Holy Land (Acre)
•1 Shekel, 1992 (cupronickel, Stuttgart and Winnipeg mints, KM#160)
•1 Shekel, 1994 (nickel-plated steel, Stuttgart and Utrecht mints, KM#160a)
•1 Shekel, 1997 (nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#160a)
•1 Shekel, 1998 (nickel-plated steel, Pretoria mint, KM#160a)
•2 Shekel, 2009 (nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#433)
•2 Shekel, 2010 (nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#433)
•5 Shekel, 1990 (cupronickel, Stuttgart mint, KM#207)
•5 Shekel, 1994 (cupronickel, Vantaa mint, KM#207)
•10 Shekel, 1995 (bronze-plated steel center in nickel-plated steel ring, Utrecht mint, KM#270)
Banknotes from Israel in the collection
•1 Shekel, 1978 (P#43)
•5 Shekel, 1978 (P#44)
•100 Shekel, 1979 (P#47)
•5 Shekel, 1987 (P#52)
•20 Shekel, 2008 (P#64)