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Latvian ruble — 1919-era currency: research record

Evidence coverage: 1920–1922. 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 ruble — 1919-era currency

T-FTM000880 · 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: 1920–1922; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Russian ruble — Muscovite, Imperial, Soviet and Russian account continuityaccount unit replacement · 1920 · later absorption or contribution
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Children / successors

Latvian lats — interwar currencycurrency replacement · 1922-08-03
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Latest research

Historical account research

Russian-ruble Treasury replacement established; first1919 founding relationship remains unasserted.

Sources and qualifications →
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C826

Latvia defined one lats as 50 Latvian rubles. Regulation date; this does not date every cash issue.

Viesturs Pauls Karnups / Latvijas Banka · Interwar monetary history — lats introduction Citation S413 · Open source ↗

Indexed passage: 3 August 1922 Regulations on Money; 50 Latvian rubles per lats

Source access and limitations

Full PDF retrieval failed; clear indexed historical passage used for the narrowly stated conversion.

Relevant indexed passage inspected in revision 13; Indexed passage: 3 August 1922 Regulations on Money; 50 Latvian rubles per lats

Supported C1532

Russian-ruble Treasury replacement established; first1919 founding relationship remains unasserted.

Kristīne Ducmane · Un arī latviešiem radās sava nauda (17 March 2000) Citation S874 · Open source ↗

paragraphs beginning Beidzot1920.gada18.marta; Tikai sākot; Lai paātrinātu

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1706

During consolidation of Latvian-ruble legal tender, the Treasury exchanged tsar rubles at half a Latvian ruble each. This is a documented later local replacement input; it does not assert the1919 founding unit was genealogically derived from Russian rubles.

Kristīne Ducmane · Un arī latviešiem radās sava nauda (17 March 2000) Citation S874 · Open source ↗

paragraph beginning Lai paātrinātu

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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