A shekel is an ancient coin that was used both for money and as a weight for exchanges. The weight of one shekel was 180 grains of barley.
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A biblical half-shekel is the equivalent today of 1/4 oz. of silver. To estimate the dollar value, check what an oz. of silver is trading at on the market and then divide by 4 for your answer. Type your answer here...
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US Dollars.
Well right now (may 2011) 4 shekels are about one dollar i think but an old shekel would be about 3 shekels-- one dollar. Glad to be of help!
A Biblical Shekel was about half an ounce.
Shekel is an ancient unit of weight. If we are to convert shekel in todays weight unit, one shekel will be equal to 0.497 ounces.
Current cigarette prices in Palestine Marlboro:20 shekel Noblesse:16 shekel Winston:15 shekel L&M:15 shekel Welcome:13.5 shekel Camel:21 shekel Davidoff:20 shekel Galouase:15 shekel Black Devil:35 shekel
The "New Shekel" (ILS) is the currency of Israel. 1 New Shekel is equivalent to about £0.16 GBP or $0.26 USD.
One hundred agorot is a shekel. So it depends how much a shekel cost. If it's 30% a agorot is 3 cents.
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A shekel weighed anywhere from 9 to 17 grams. Since everything has changed since then, it's easiest to answer in terms of purchasing power. A small family could live on one silver shekel for about a week.
No. Israel uses the New Israeli Shekel. The old Israeli Shekel was replaced by the New Israeli Shekel on 1/1/1985.