← Read the currency articleLatvian 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.
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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 separationLatvian 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 tenderThe 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.