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Latvian ruble
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Russian rubleDocumentedThis currency
Latvian rubleDates, conversion terms and evidence 1 connection
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.
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Latvian rubleSuccessor or branch
Latvian lats1993Documented200 Latvian ruble = 1 Latvian lats
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Latvian rubleSuccessor or branch1993
Latvian latsDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 1 connection
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.
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