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"The Israeli New shekel (Hebrew: שקל חדש, shekel Ḥadash) (sign: ₪; acronym: ש״ח and in English NIS; code: ILS) (also spelled sheqel; pl. shekalim pronounced shkalim - שקלים, Arabic: شيقل جديد, shiqel jadid or شيكل جديد shikel jadid) is the currency of Israel. The shekel is divided into 100 agorot (אגורות) (sing. agora, Hebrew: אגורה). Denominations made in this currency are marked with the shekel sign. In September 1985, banknotes were introduced in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 new shekalim. The 1, 5 and 10 new shekel notes used the same basic designs as the earlier 1,000, 5,000 and 10,000 old shekel notes but with the denominations altered. In 1986, 100 new shekel notes were introduced, followed by 200 new shekel notes in 1991. The 1, 5 and 10 new shekel notes were later replaced by coins. A plan to issue a 500 shekel banknote, carrying the portrait of Yitzhak Rabin, was announced shortly after Rabin's assassination in 1995. However, due to low inflation rates, there was no need for such a banknote, and it was never issued. However, in February 2008 the Bank of Israel announced that the planning of an entirely new series of banknotes has started, and that the new series, to be issued in 2010, will most probably include a 500 shekel banknote as well. The design of the new banknotes has not yet been determined, but if the 20 new shekel polymer banknote of the current series, introduced in April 2008, is successful, the new series will almost certainly consist of polymer notes only. Possible designs under review are: non-political famous personalities, such as Teddy Kollek (the legendary mayor of Jerusalem), Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF chief chaplain during the 1967 Six-Day War, famous for his shofar blowing on Jerusalem's Temple Mount minutes after its conquest by Israeli forces), Ilan Ramon (Israel's first astronaut who perished on the Columbia in 2003), Naomi
Shemer (known as First Lady of Israeli Song). Other possible designs may include landscapes, flora and fauna of Israel . . . The 20 shekel banknote is the first, as of April 2008, to be made of polypropylene, a polymer substrate, which is superior to the current paper note with a circulation life of a few months only. The polymer note is printed by Orell Fuessli Security Printing of Zürich, Switzerland. 1.8 million of the new banknotes were printed with the writing 60 years to Israel (in Hebrew), in red ink . . ." — Israeli new shekel at Wikipedia
