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Latvian ruble — temporary 1992 currency: research record

Evidence coverage: 1992–1993. 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 — temporary 1992 currency

T-FTM000882 · 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: 1992–1993; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

Latvian lats — restored 1993 currencycurrency replacement · 1993-03-05
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Monetary history 2 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

1992-05-07Territorial currency separation

Latvian rubles entered alongside Soviet and Russian notes at 1:1. The inherited ruble-zone unit, not the later 1998 Russian ruble scale.

C828
1992-07-20Sole tender

The Latvian ruble became the sole mandatory domestic payment unit; bank accounts were converted.

C829
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C828

Latvian rubles entered alongside Soviet and Russian notes at 1:1. The inherited ruble-zone unit, not the later 1998 Russian ruble scale.

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 C829

The Latvian ruble became the sole mandatory domestic payment unit; bank accounts were converted.

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 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.

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