Palestine pound

Palestine pound
  • جنيه فلسطيني (Arabic)
  • לירה ארץ-ישראלית (Hebrew)
A 1939 one Palestine pound note
Unit
Symbol£P or LP
Denominations
Subunit
11000Mil
11000Prutah (from 1950 in Israel)
Banknotes500 mils, £P1, £P5, £P10, £P50, £P100
Coins1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100 mils, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500 prutot
Demographics
ReplacedEgyptian pound
(Mandatory Palestine)
Replaced byJordanian dinar
(Jordan and West Bank)
Egyptian pound
(All-Palestine Protectorate)
Israeli pound
(Israel)
User(s) Mandatory Palestine (1 Nov 1927 – 15 May 1948)
 Emirate of Transjordan (1 Nov 1927 – 25 May 1946)
 Jordan (25 May 1946 – 30 September 1950)
 Israel (15 May 1948 – 23 June 1952)
Kingdom of Hejaz All-Palestine (22 September 1948 – April 1951)
Jordan West Bank (1 December 1948 – 30 September 1950)
Issuance
Central bankPalestine Currency Board
PrinterThomas De La Rue
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
A 500 mil (£P12) note issued by the Anglo-Palestine Bank in Tel Aviv in 1948.

The Palestine pound (Arabic: جُنَيْه فِلَسْطَينِيّ, junayh filastini; Hebrew: פוּנְט פַּלֶשְׂתִינָאִי (א״י), romanizedfunt palestina'i (eretz-yisra'eli) or Hebrew: לירה (א״י), romanized: lira eretz-yisra'elit; Sign: £P[1][2][improper synthesis?]) was the currency of the British Mandate of Palestine from 1 November 1927 to 14 May 1948, and of the State of Israel between 15 May 1948 and 23 June 1952, when it was replaced with the Israeli pound.

The Palestine pound was also the currency of Transjordan until 1949 when it was replaced by the Jordanian dinar, and remained in usage in the West Bank of Jordan until 1950. In the Gaza Strip, the Palestine pound continued to circulate until April 1951, when it was replaced back with the Egyptian pound.

  1. ^ As depicted on a revenue stamp issued under the Mandate.
  2. ^ As depicted on a Barclays cheque

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