[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: value of old Russian Rubels

[Gerhard Koenig]

Don,

question at first:
... 400 paper rubel or 400 silver rubel?

Here some hints in German and English about the value of the old
Russian coins:

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Extract of German Wikipaedia:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubel

# Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts enthaelt der Silberrubel à 10 Griwen
# oder 100 Kopeken 18 g feines Silber (was 3,24 Mark in damaliger 
# deutscher Waehrung entsprach)

Wikipaedia in English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruble

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An other way can be the old Austrian newspapers of the
Austrian Nation Library - http://anno.onb.ac.at/

In the year 1885 I cant read Dollar courses ("Wiener Boerse"), but ...
1 Rubel (paper) = 1,28 Austrian Fl.
100 German Marks = 60,30 Austrian Fl.
=> 400 Rubel = 849 German Marks

Some years later from the "Reichspost", 1908 ...
100 Rubel = 259 Austrian ...
100 American Dollar = 341 Austrian ...
=> 400 Rubel = 304 American Dollar

Gerhard

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