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Sheqel sign

The sheqel sign (?) is a currency sign

Currency sign

A currency sign is a graphic symbol often used as a shorthand for a currency's name. Internationally, ISO 4217 codes are used instead of currency signs, though currency signs may be in common use in their respective countries....
used for the Israeli new sheqel

Israeli new sheqel

The Israeli New Sheqel is the currency of Israel. The new sheqel is divided into 100 agorot . Denominations made in this currency are marked with the sheqel sign....
currency

Currency

A currency is a Medium of exchange, facilitating the trade of goods and/or Service s. It is coins and paper bills used as money. It is one form of money, where money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a standard of value....
which replaced the Israeli sheqel

Israeli sheqel

The sheqel was the currency of Israel between February 24, 1980 and December 31, 1985. The sheqel was subdivided into 100 new agorot . The sheqel sign#Israeli sheqel was ""....
in 1985.

Israeli new sheqel

Israeli new sheqel

The Israeli New Sheqel is the currency of Israel. The new sheqel is divided into 100 agorot . Denominations made in this currency are marked with the sheqel sign....
is denoted in Hebrew "??? ???" (, , lit.

Literal translation

Literal translation, also known as direct translation, is the rendering of text from one language to another "word-for-word" rather than conveying the Word sense of the original....
"New Sheqel") or by the acronym "??

or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and Lower case forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet, but has the capital form majuscule , based on a horizontally flipped majuscule E....
?" . The symbol is constructed by combining the two Hebrew letters that constitute the acronym (the first letter of each of the two words): ("?

or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and Lower case forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet, but has the capital form majuscule , based on a horizontally flipped majuscule E....
"). Sometimes the "?" symbol is used following the number, other times the acronym "???". The sheqel sign, like the dollar sign

Dollar sign

The dollar sign or peso sign is a symbol primarily used to indicate a unit of currency....
("$"), is usually placed left to the number (i.e.

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The sheqel sign (?) is a currency sign

Currency sign

Israeli new sheqel

The Israeli New Sheqel is the currency of Israel. The new sheqel is divided into 100 agorot . Denominations made in this currency are marked with the sheqel sign....
currency

Currency

Israeli sheqel

The sheqel was the currency of Israel between February 24, 1980 and December 31, 1985. The sheqel was subdivided into 100 new agorot . The sheqel sign#Israeli sheqel was ""....
in 1985.

Israeli new sheqel (1986–present)

The Israeli new sheqel

Israeli new sheqel

Literal translation

or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and Lower case forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet, but has the capital form majuscule , based on a horizontally flipped majuscule E....
"). Sometimes the "?" symbol is used following the number, other times the acronym "???". The sheqel sign, like the dollar sign

Dollar sign

The dollar sign or peso sign is a symbol primarily used to indicate a unit of currency....
("$"), is usually placed left to the number (i.e. "?12,000" and not "12,000?"), but since Hebrew is written from right to left, the symbol is actually written after the number. It is either not separated

Space (punctuation)

In writing, a space is a blank area that is devoid of content, which word divider, letters, numbers, and punctuation. Conventions for interword separation and intersentence spaces vary among languages, and in some cases the spacing rules are quite complex....
from the preceding number, or is separated only by a thin space.

Unlike the dollar sign, the new sheqel sign is not used that often when handwriting monetary amounts.

The road sign announcing the entrance to the Israeli toll road, Highway 6

Highway 6 (Israel)

Highway 6 , widely known as the Trans-Israel Highway or Cross-Israel Highway , is a major electronic toll highway in Israel. The highway was officially dedicated as the Yitzhak Rabin Highway , though this name is not generally used....
, is a sheqel symbol with a road in the background.

Unicode and Input

The symbol "?" is officially called the New Sheqel Sign and has the Unicode

Unicode

Unicode is a computing industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate Character expressed in most of the world's writing systems....
code point U+20AA. It has been found in Unicode since June 1993, version 1.1.0. In HTML

HTML

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it can be entered as ₪ or ₪. It can be typed into Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

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on a standard Hebrew keyboard

Hebrew keyboard

A Hebrew keyboard comes in two different keyboard layouts. Most Hebrew keyboards contain both Hebrew script and English, as English letters are necessary for Uniform Resource Locators and Email addresses....
layout by pressing AltGr and 4 or by Alt + 8362 on a non-Hebrew layout.

Israeli sheqel
Israeli sheqel

The sheqel was the currency of Israel between February 24, 1980 and December 31, 1985. The sheqel was subdivided into 100 new agorot . The sheqel sign#Israeli sheqel was ""....
(1980–1985)

The initial Israeli sheqel, "", lasting only from 1980–1985 had a different symbol. It was a stylized Shin

Shin (letter)

Shin is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language , and Arabic alphabet ....
shaped like a cradle (i.e. rounded and opening upward). Before the introduction of the old Sheqel in 1980, there was no special symbol for the Israeli currency. This symbol appeared on checks issued by Israeli banks between 1980 and 1985. Quoting prices in New Sheqels started officially on January 1, 1986, and the old Sheqel checks remained unused had to be stamped with The New Sheqel symbol over the old symbol. The old symbol is no longer used.

Sheqel sign

Israeli new sheqel (1986–present)

Unicode and Input

Israeli sheqelIsraeli sheqelThe sheqel was the currency of Israel between February 24, 1980 and December 31, 1985. The sheqel was subdivided into 100 new agorot . The sheqel sign#Israeli sheqel was "".... (1980–1985)

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Israeli sheqel
Israeli sheqel

The sheqel was the currency of Israel between February 24, 1980 and December 31, 1985. The sheqel was subdivided into 100 new agorot . The sheqel sign#Israeli sheqel was ""....
(1980–1985)