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Prussian thaler
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Prussian thalerSuccessor or branch1873
German markDocumentedSuccessor or branch1919
Estonian interwar currencyDocumentedLater absorption1919–1920
Polish markDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1922
Lithuanian litasDocumentedMultiple connectionsRUB
Russian ruble2 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch1860–1863
Finnish markkaQualifiedLater absorption1920
Latvian rubleDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1922
Latvian latsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1923
Danzig guldenDocumentedLater absorption1924
Polish złotyDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1945
Austrian schillingDocumentedSuccessor or branch1948
East German markDocumentedMultiple connections
Deutsche Mark2 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch1992–1994
Azerbaijani manatDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992–1994
Belarusian rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Estonian kroonDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Latvian rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Lithuanian talonasDocumentedSuccessor or branch1992
Ukrainian karbovanetsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Armenian dramDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Georgian couponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Kazakhstani tengeDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Kyrgyzstani somDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Latvian latsDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Lithuanian litasDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Moldovan cuponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Moldovan leuDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993
Turkmen manatDocumentedSuccessor or branch1993–1994
Uzbekistani sum-couponDocumentedSuccessor or branch1994
Uzbekistani sumDocumentedSuccessor or branch1995
Georgian lariDocumentedSuccessor or branch1995
Tajikistani rubleDocumentedSuccessor or branch1996
Ukrainian hryvniaDocumentedMultiple connectionsEUR
Euro6 connections · Includes later contributionsSuccessor or branch2000
Tajikistani somoniDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 42 connections
Austrian schilling Euro
1999Documented13.7603 Austrian schilling = 1 EURPublished ATS units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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1999Documented1.95583 Deutsche Mark = 1 EURPublished DEM units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Finnish markka Euro
1999Documented5.94573 Finnish markka = 1 EURPublished FIM units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Estonian kroon Euro
2011DocumentedLater contribution or absorption15.6466 Estonian kroon = 1 EURPublished EEK units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Latvian lats Euro
2014DocumentedLater contribution or absorption0.702804 Latvian lats = 1 EURPublished LVL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
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2015DocumentedLater contribution or absorption3.45280 Lithuanian litas = 1 EURPublished LTL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Estonian interwar currency Russian ruble
1940DocumentedLater contribution or absorption0.8 Estonian interwar currency = 1 RUBEstonia introduced Soviet rubles at 1.25 rubles per kroon. Kroons temporarily co-circulated; the displayed ratio is kroons per ruble.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Estonian kroon
1992Documented10 RUB = 1 Estonian kroonEstonia generally exchanged 10 rubles per kroon. Cash above 1,500 rubles used 50:1; do not apply 10:1 to every holding.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Latvian ruble Latvian lats
1922Documented50 Latvian ruble = 1 Latvian latsLatvia defined one lats as 50 Latvian rubles. Regulation date; this does not date every cash issue.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Latvian ruble
1992Documented1 RUB = 1 Latvian rubleLatvian rubles entered alongside Soviet and Russian notes at 1:1. The inherited ruble-zone unit, not the later 1998 Russian ruble scale.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Latvian ruble Latvian lats
1993Documented200 Latvian ruble = 1 Latvian latsThe 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.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Lithuanian litas
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Lithuanian litas Russian ruble
1940DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Lithuanian talonas
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Lithuanian talonas Lithuanian litas
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Austrian schilling
1945Documented1 German mark = 1 Austrian schillingPostwar Austrian schillings replaced Reichsmarks at 1:1 under restricted exchange rules. One of two incoming monetary instruments; no exclusive single parent assigned.
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1990DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Armenian dram
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Azerbaijani manat
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Georgian coupon Georgian lari
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Moldovan cupon Moldovan leu
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Polish mark Polish złoty
1924DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Belarusian ruble
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Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Kazakhstani tenge
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Turkmen manat
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Tajikistani ruble Tajikistani somoni
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Finnish markka
1860–1863Qualified0.25 RUB = 1 Finnish markkaFinland introduced the markka as one quarter of a silver ruble in 1860, replacing rubles in accounts and transactions from 1863. A staged unit derivation within the Russian Empire, not instantaneous withdrawal of every Russian coin.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Ukrainian karbovanets
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Georgian coupon
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Uzbekistani sum-coupon
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Tajikistani ruble
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German mark Danzig gulden
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Moldovan cupon
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1919–1920DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Russian ruble Latvian ruble
1920DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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