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Estonian interwar currency
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Later contribution1873
Hamburg mark bancoDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1892
Austrian guldenDocumentedPredecessor1873
Prussian thalerDocumentedPredecessor1873
South German florinDocumentedPredecessor1919
Austro-Hungarian kroneDocumentedPredecessor1925
Austrian kroneDocumentedLater contribution1938
Austrian schillingDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1919
German markDocumentedThis currency
Estonian interwar currencyDates, conversion terms and evidence 8 connections
Austrian gulden Austro-Hungarian krone
1892Documented0.5 Austrian gulden = 1 Austro-Hungarian kroneThe krone replaced the gulden at two kronen per gulden. Gulden notes continued through the transition to 1900.
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Austrian krone Austrian schilling
1925Documented10000 Austrian krone = 1 Austrian schillingThe schilling replaced the Austrian crown at 10,000 crowns per schilling. Year-level date distinguishes the accounting law from the March cash milestones.
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1938DocumentedLater contribution or absorption1.5 Austrian schilling = 1 German markAustria adopted the Reichsmark at 1.5 schillings per Reichsmark.
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗South German florin German mark
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hamburg mark banco German mark
1873DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Estonian interwar currency
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Estonian interwar currencyLater absorptionRUB
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Estonian interwar currencyLater absorption1940
Russian rubleDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1860–1863
Finnish markkaQualifiedLater absorption1920
Latvian rubleDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1922
Latvian latsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992–1994
Azerbaijani manatDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992–1994
Belarusian rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Estonian kroonDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Latvian rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Lithuanian talonasDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Ukrainian karbovanetsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Armenian dramDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Georgian couponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Kazakhstani tengeDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Kyrgyzstani somDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Latvian latsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Lithuanian litasDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Moldovan cuponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Moldovan leuDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Turkmen manatDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993–1994
Uzbekistani sum-couponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1994
Uzbekistani sumDocumentedSuccessor or branch1995
Georgian lariDocumentedSuccessor or branch1995
Tajikistani rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1996
Ukrainian hryvniaDocumentedMultiple connectionsEUR
Euro4 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch2000
Tajikistani somoniDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 29 connections
Finnish markka Euro
1999Documented5.94573 Finnish markka = 1 EURPublished FIM units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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2011DocumentedLater contribution or absorption15.6466 Estonian kroon = 1 EURPublished EEK units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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2014DocumentedLater contribution or absorption0.702804 Latvian lats = 1 EURPublished LVL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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2015DocumentedLater contribution or absorption3.45280 Lithuanian litas = 1 EURPublished LTL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Estonian interwar currency Russian ruble
1940DocumentedLater contribution or absorption0.8 Estonian interwar currency = 1 RUBEstonia introduced Soviet rubles at 1.25 rubles per kroon. Kroons temporarily co-circulated; the displayed ratio is kroons per ruble.
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1992Documented10 RUB = 1 Estonian kroonEstonia generally exchanged 10 rubles per kroon. Cash above 1,500 rubles used 50:1; do not apply 10:1 to every holding.
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1922Documented50 Latvian ruble = 1 Latvian latsLatvia defined one lats as 50 Latvian rubles. Regulation date; this does not date every cash issue.
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1992Documented1 RUB = 1 Latvian rubleLatvian rubles entered alongside Soviet and Russian notes at 1:1. The inherited ruble-zone unit, not the later 1998 Russian ruble scale.
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1993Documented200 Latvian ruble = 1 Latvian latsThe lats entered at 200 Latvian rubles per lats. Five-lats notes came first. The June date in Bundesbank metadata refers to later denominations; it is not first lats circulation.
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Azerbaijani manat
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Finnish markka
1860–1863Qualified0.25 RUB = 1 Finnish markkaFinland introduced the markka as one quarter of a silver ruble in 1860, replacing rubles in accounts and transactions from 1863. A staged unit derivation within the Russian Empire, not instantaneous withdrawal of every Russian coin.
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Georgian coupon
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Tajikistani ruble
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Moldovan cupon
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1920DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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