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<p>[QUOTE="Rhino89, post: 3458355, member: 21773"]Ohhh, are you ready for this? The math is going to get trippy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "dolya" (or an auto-corrected "dole") is an antiquated Russian unit of measure. In the old days, 96 dolyas made up 1 "zolotnik". This unit of measure is what old Russian currency (whether banknotes or the rims/faces of coins) used to use.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the monetary reform introduced the paper 1898 1 gold Rouble, the 15 Rouble Gold coins contained 0.3734 troy oz gold (11.61 grams of pure gold in a 90% gold coin weighing 12.9039 grams). This means...</p><p><br /></p><p>0.3734 troy oz / 15 = <b>0.02489 troy oz gold in 1 Imperial Rouble</b></p><p>And if 1 Rouble = 17.424 dolyas, then...</p><p>17.424 dolya = 0.02489 troy oz...</p><p>which means <b>a single dolya = 0.001429 troy oz</b> (also equal to 0.0444 grams per dolya)</p><p><br /></p><p>So at today's gold price of $1305/oz, it means 1 dolya = $1.86. So the gold that an imperial gold rouble would get you at the State Bank (0.02489 troy oz) would be worth $32.49.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rhino89, post: 3458355, member: 21773"]Ohhh, are you ready for this? The math is going to get trippy. The "dolya" (or an auto-corrected "dole") is an antiquated Russian unit of measure. In the old days, 96 dolyas made up 1 "zolotnik". This unit of measure is what old Russian currency (whether banknotes or the rims/faces of coins) used to use. After the monetary reform introduced the paper 1898 1 gold Rouble, the 15 Rouble Gold coins contained 0.3734 troy oz gold (11.61 grams of pure gold in a 90% gold coin weighing 12.9039 grams). This means... 0.3734 troy oz / 15 = [B]0.02489 troy oz gold in 1 Imperial Rouble[/B] And if 1 Rouble = 17.424 dolyas, then... 17.424 dolya = 0.02489 troy oz... which means [B]a single dolya = 0.001429 troy oz[/B] (also equal to 0.0444 grams per dolya) So at today's gold price of $1305/oz, it means 1 dolya = $1.86. So the gold that an imperial gold rouble would get you at the State Bank (0.02489 troy oz) would be worth $32.49.[/QUOTE]
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