← Read the currency articleLatvian lats — restored 1993 currency: research record
Evidence coverage: 1993–2014. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Latvian lats — restored 1993 currency
T-FTM000804 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1993–2014; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Monetary history 4 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
2014-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 EUR = 0.702804 LVL. Latvia: euro adoption 2014-01-01; cash 2014-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C696, C697, C646 2014-01-01Euro cash changeoverLatvia: euro adoption 2014-01-01; cash 2014-01-01.
C697 1993-03-05Currency replacementThe 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.
C830 1993Name revivalLatvia restored the lats name after the Soviet-era interruption.
C831
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C696
1 EUR = 0.702804 LVL.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 ·
Open source ↗art.1, Latvia currency row; exact decimal retained
Source access and limitations
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Supported C697
Latvia: euro adoption 2014-01-01; cash 2014-01-01.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗Annex, Latvia row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Supported C830
The 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.
Kristīne Ducmane / Latvijas Vēstnesis · Par mūsu nacionālās valūtas atdzimšanu Citation S412 ·
Open source ↗5 March 2003 retrospective; quoted decisions Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Monetary Reform Committee
Source access and limitations
Official gazette retrospective quoting decisions; not separately retrieved original decision facsimiles.
Supported C831
Latvia restored the lats name after the Soviet-era interruption.
Kristīne Ducmane / Latvijas Vēstnesis · Par mūsu nacionālās valūtas atdzimšanu Citation S412 ·
Open source ↗5 March 2003 retrospective; quoted decisions Nos. 1, 2, 5, 7 and 8 of the Monetary Reform Committee
Source access and limitations
Official gazette retrospective quoting decisions; not separately retrieved original decision facsimiles.
Supported C646
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.