http://www.lematin.ch/nwmatinhome/nwmatinheadactu/actu_suisse/un_shekel_pour_2_chf.html

Basically, since the Israeli Shekel is exactly the same size and weight as a 2 CHF coin, people have been using them to buy things in vending machines and in those "coin rolls" that you use in banks...

Point is, I have a whole bunch of these coins at home with no use, and if I had only known...... bugger