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In modern times, the pruta was a denomination of
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Prutah (Hebrew
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: פרוטה) is a Hebrew
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term, possibly derived from Aramaic. It refers to a small denomination coin
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History
Antiquity
The prutah was an ancientcopper
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ish coin with low value. A loaf of bread in ancient times was worth about 10 ''prutot'' (plural of prutah). One prutah was also worth two lepta (singular lepton
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), which was the smallest denomination minted by the Hasmonean and Herodian Dynasty kings.
Prutot were also minted by the Roman Procurators of the Province of Judea, and later were minted by the Jews during the First Jewish Revolt
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(sometimes called 'Masada coins').State of Israel
In modern times, the pruta was a denomination of currency
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in Israel
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The prutah was introduced shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel
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, as the 1000th part of the Israeli pound
The pound or lira ( he, לירה ישראלית ''Lira Yisra'elit'', ar, جنيه إسرائيلي ''Junayh ʾIsrāʾīlī''; abbreviation: IL in Latin, ל"י in Hebrew; code ) was the currency of the State of Israel from 9 June 1952 until 23 F ...
. It replaced the mil, which was the 1000th part of the Palestine pound
The Palestine pound ( ar, جُنَيْه فِلَسْطَينِيّ, ; he, פוּנְט פַּלֶשְׂתִינָאִי (א״י), funt palestina'i (eretz-yisra'eli) or he, לירה (א״י), lira eretz-yisra'elit, link=no; Sign: £P) was the ...
, a currency issued by the British Mandate of Palestine British Mandate of Palestine or Palestine Mandate most often refers to:
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prior to May 1948.
The prutah was abolished in 1960, when the Israeli government decided to change the subdivision of the Israeli pound into 100 agorot. This move was necessary due to the constant devaluation
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of the Israeli pound, which rendered coins smaller than 10 prutot redundant.
See also
*Hasmonean coinage
Hasmonean coinage are the coins minted by the Hasmonean kings. Only bronze coins in various denominations have been found; the smallest being a prutah or a half prutah. Two Roman silver denarii are associated with the Hasmoneans; one has the inscr ...
*Coins of Alexander Jannaeus
Hasmonean coinage are the coins minted by the Hasmonean kings. Only bronze coins in various denominations have been found; the smallest being a prutah or a half prutah. Two Roman silver denarii are associated with the Hasmoneans; one has the inscr ...
*Herodian coinage Herodian coinage were coins minted and issued by the Herodian Dynasty, Jews of Idumean descent who ruled the province of Judaea between 37 BC–92 AD. The dynasty was founded by Herod the Great who was the son of Antipater, a powerful officia ...
*Roman Procurator coinage The procuratorial coinage of Roman Judaea was minted by the prefects and procurators of the province between AD 6 and 66 in only one denomination and size, the bronze prutah.
Not all of the Procurators issued coinage. Those that did were Coponius ...
*First Jewish Revolt coinage
First Jewish Revolt coinage was issued by the Jews after the Zealots captured Jerusalem and the Jewish Temple from the Romans in 66 CE at the beginning of the First Jewish Revolt. The Jewish leaders of the revolt minted their own coins to emp ...
*Bar Kochba Revolt coinage
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During the Revolt, large quantities of coins were issued in silver and copp ...
*List of historical currencies
This is a list of historical currencies.
Greece
* Aeginian stater (gold)
* Corinthian stater (silver)
* Aurous
* Athenian drachma (silver)
*Stater (silver)
*Tetradrachm (silver)
*Drachma (silver)
** Alexandrian coinage
** Ptolemaic coinage
** Se ...
*Gerah
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A gerah is known in Aramaic, and usually ...
* Zuz
References
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