Latvian rublis 1 Rublis, 2 and 5 Rubļi, 10, 20, 50, 200 and 500 Rubļu. This second Latvian rublis was withdrawn from circulation on 18 October 1993, but could be exchanged for lats until 1 July 1994, when it lost validity. and the historic national currency - the "lats" - was reintroduced in 1993, replacing the Rublis at the ratio of 1 lats = 200 Rubļu. The lats was replaced on 1 January 2014 by the Euro, at the rate of 0.702804 Lats to 1 Euro. Latvian rublis The Latvian rublis () was the currency of Latvia from 1919 to 1922 and
European Currency Unit European Currency Unit The European Currency Unit (₠ or ECU, ) was a basket of the currencies of the European Community member states, used as the unit of account of the European Community before being replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999, at parity. The ECU itself replaced the European Unit of Account, also at parity, on 13 March 1979. The European Exchange Rate Mechanism attempted to minimize fluctuations between member state currencies and the ECU. The ECU was also used in some international financial transactions, where its advantage was that securities denominated in ECUs provided investors with the