Currency history
Latvian lats — interwar currency
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
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Its place in the family
All ancestors and descendants ↗Latvian lats
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No successor is established here.
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Latvian lats
Latvian ruble
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
The Soviet currency system displaced the lats, withdrawn on March 25, 1941. [1]
Latvia restored the lats name after the Soviet-era interruption. [2]
Turning points
Currency replacement
Latvia defined one lats as 50 Latvian rubles. Regulation date; this does not date every cash issue. [3]
Sources and evidence
- Latvijas Banka · Centenary retrospective: establishment and liquidation of Latvijas Banka
- Kristīne Ducmane / Latvijas Vēstnesis · Par mūsu nacionālās valūtas atdzimšanu
- Viesturs Pauls Karnups / Latvijas Banka · Interwar monetary history — lats introduction
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“Latvian lats — interwar currency.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000881.html