{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.russian-ruble","code":"thing-q41044","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q41044/","name":"Russian ruble","alternateNames":["2000 rubles","500 rubles","1000 rubles"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The Russian ruble is the exclusive legal-tender currency of the Russian Federation, a unit of account subdivided into 100 kopecks and issued solely by the Bank of Russia as coins, banknotes and a central-bank digital ruble, identified internationally as ISO 4217 RUB (numeric 643).","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise the Russian ruble as a currency across cash, account-based and digital representations, assess relevant monetary status and evidence, and determine whether a proposed use requires verification or human authorization.","scope":{"in":["Currency identity includes the Russian ruble's issuing authority, currency identifiers and kopeck subdivision.","Amounts and face values are expressed in rubles and kopecks.","Cash, account-based amounts and digital-ruble representations are in scope for currency identification.","Russian-ruble banknotes and coins are identified by denomination, issuing authority and issue family.","Issue-specific authenticity evidence and unresolved verification results are in scope for physical cash.","Physical condition and completeness are relevant to recognition, handling and exchange of cash specimens.","Dated evidence of circulation, acceptance and redemption status is in scope.","Monetary use is distinguished from collectible treatment of a physical specimen."],"out":["Bank-account administration, deposit contracts and payment-account operation belong to related models.","Digital-ruble platform infrastructure and transfer execution belong to related models.","Foreign-exchange pricing, trading and currency-risk management are outside this model.","Russian monetary policy, inflation and macroeconomic performance are outside this model.","Ownership records, wallets, cash inventories and transaction histories are managed by related models.","Collector-market valuation and grading services are outside this model."],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Identify the issuing authority and currency context rather than treating the word ruble, rouble or рубль as sufficient to distinguish the Russian ruble from other ruble currencies.","Match a cash specimen's denomination, inscriptions and physical design to a documented Russian issue rather than relying on a currency symbol alone.","Recognise the currency across physical cash, account-based amounts and digital-ruble representations, while distinguishing their form and verifying provenance.","Distinguish monetary issues from replicas, souvenir notes, tokens and medals using issue documentation and specimen evidence.","Separate historical ruble issues from the intended Russian-ruble currency identity before interpreting their face value or usability."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"ruble-identity","name":"Ruble identity","description":"Establish which ruble currency and physical issue the specimen represents.","layers":[{"id":"currency-boundary","name":"Currency boundary","description":"Distinguish the intended Russian currency from other ruble currencies and historical monetary identities.","findings":[{"id":"issuer-and-period","name":"Issuer and monetary period","description":"Record evidence connecting the specimen to an issuing authority and monetary period, preserving uncertainty where identification is incomplete.","questions":[{"text":"Which issuer inscriptions and documented design features identify this as Russian-ruble cash rather than another ruble currency?","id":"issuer-and-period-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does this historical issue belong to the currency identity owned by this registry entry, or require a link to a neighbouring model?","id":"issuer-and-period-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"issue-identification","name":"Issue identification","description":"Identify the reference issue needed for subsequent judgments.","findings":[{"id":"matching-issue-reference","name":"Matching issue reference","description":"Record the candidate denomination, issue family and modification or mint variant where relevant, without treating every printed date as a manufacturing date.","questions":[{"text":"Which documented Russian banknote or coin issue matches the specimen's inscriptions, imagery and physical form?","id":"matching-issue-reference-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which visible dates, modification marks or mint marks distinguish it from similar Russian issues?","id":"matching-issue-reference-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"denomination-and-form","name":"Denomination and form","description":"Record nominal amount and the physical monetary form carrying it.","layers":[{"id":"nominal-amount","name":"Nominal amount","description":"Interpret denomination within the identified monetary period.","findings":[{"id":"ruble-kopeck-value","name":"Ruble and kopeck value","description":"Preserve the inscribed denomination and its unit alongside a normalized nominal amount, without silently converting historical denominations.","questions":[{"text":"What denomination is inscribed, and is its unit rubles or kopecks?","id":"ruble-kopeck-value-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Would expressing this historical specimen in the intended ruble unit require a documented redenomination rule?","id":"ruble-kopeck-value-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"issue-class","name":"Issue class","description":"Separate physical form and official issue classification from assumptions about everyday use.","findings":[{"id":"monetary-object-class","name":"Monetary object class","description":"Record whether the specimen is a banknote or coin and its documented issue class; commemorative appearance or precious metal alone does not settle monetary usability.","questions":[{"text":"How does the issuing authority classify this Russian-ruble issue: circulation, commemorative, investment or another class?","id":"monetary-object-class-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which evidence establishes that this object is a monetary issue rather than a medal, token, replica or souvenir?","id":"monetary-object-class-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"issue-specific-authenticity","name":"Issue-specific authenticity","description":"Support evidence-based verification against the correct Russian-ruble issue.","layers":[{"id":"reference-comparison","name":"Reference comparison","description":"Compare observed features with documented features for the candidate issue.","findings":[{"id":"observable-issue-features","name":"Observable issue features","description":"Record which published banknote features or coin specifications were examined, the method used and any mismatches.","questions":[{"text":"Which features published for this exact Russian banknote modification or coin issue can be checked with the available equipment?","id":"observable-issue-features-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which reference was read, and how was its match to the specimen's denomination and issue established?","id":"observable-issue-features-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"assessment-confidence","name":"Assessment confidence","description":"Separate observations from conclusions and determine when specialist examination is needed.","findings":[{"id":"verification-limits","name":"Verification limits","description":"Record unresolved checks, conflicting observations and the authority behind any authenticity determination.","questions":[{"text":"Which required checks remain unavailable or inconclusive, and how do they limit the authenticity assessment?","id":"verification-limits-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which applicable procedure should be followed to obtain examination of this uncertain or suspect Russian-ruble specimen?","id":"verification-limits-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"condition-and-exchange","name":"Condition and exchange","description":"Connect physical integrity to documented assessment and exchange criteria.","layers":[{"id":"physical-integrity","name":"Physical integrity","description":"Describe damage in terms relevant to the identified banknote or coin.","findings":[{"id":"damage-and-completeness","name":"Damage and completeness","description":"Record missing material, alteration and loss of identifying features; where fragments are present, preserve uncertainty about whether they belong to one specimen.","questions":[{"text":"For this banknote, what portion and identifying features remain; for this coin, what deformation, corrosion or material loss is observable?","id":"damage-and-completeness-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"If the object is repaired or assembled from fragments, what evidence establishes that the parts belong to the same original specimen?","id":"damage-and-completeness-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"exchange-eligibility","name":"Exchange eligibility","description":"Evaluate damaged cash against applicable Russian-ruble exchange rules without inventing thresholds.","findings":[{"id":"documented-exchange-route","name":"Documented exchange route","description":"Record the applicable criteria, unresolved examination needs and institution able to process a proposed exchange.","questions":[{"text":"Which dated Bank of Russia criteria apply to exchange of this type of damaged banknote or coin?","id":"documented-exchange-route-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the available evidence support exchange through the identified institution, or is examination required first?","id":"documented-exchange-route-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"monetary-status-and-use","name":"Monetary status and use","description":"Determine what monetary actions are supported for this issue at a particular time and place.","layers":[{"id":"dated-issue-status","name":"Dated issue status","description":"Establish circulation and redemption status from evidence applicable to the issue.","findings":[{"id":"circulation-and-redemption","name":"Circulation and redemption","description":"Record dated issue-status evidence and any applicable redemption conditions without inferring withdrawal merely from age or rarity.","questions":[{"text":"What authoritative notice establishes this Russian-ruble issue's circulation or withdrawal status on the assessment date?","id":"circulation-and-redemption-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"If ordinary monetary use has ended, what documented redemption entitlement, deadline or limitation remains?","id":"circulation-and-redemption-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"proposed-use","name":"Proposed use","description":"Evaluate the specific action using specimen state and external acceptance requirements.","findings":[{"id":"acceptance-or-referral","name":"Acceptance or referral","description":"Connect the specimen assessment to a proposed payment, deposit, exchange or specialist referral while leaving transaction execution to neighbouring models.","questions":[{"text":"For the proposed location and receiving institution or device, what acceptance requirements apply to this denomination, issue class and condition?","id":"acceptance-or-referral-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Does the decision concern face-value monetary use, or should possible historical, precious-metal or collector value be assessed before disposal?","id":"acceptance-or-referral-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Reported by the breadth pass; each item needs checking against its source before it becomes normative.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Russian ruble this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report official ruble exchange rates with their source and date.","Convert amounts for information, stating the rate and its date.","Describe the security features of ruble banknotes published by the issuing central bank."],"mustNot":["Help counterfeit ruble notes or coins or pass counterfeit money.","Assist in evading sanctions, capital controls or anti-money-laundering rules.","Execute currency trades or transfers on a person's behalf.","Present a stale or unofficial rate 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issue","Denomination: Rubles or kopecks; 100 kopecks per ruble","Physical form and issue class: Banknote or coin; circulation, commemorative, investment or unresolved issue class","Issue-specific physical measurements: Banknote dimensions in mm; coin diameter and thickness in mm and mass in g","Authenticity assessment: Unassessed, inconclusive, consistent with reference checks, suspect or verified by a competent examiner","Physical integrity: Observed wear, missing portions, tears, staining, deformation, alteration and legibility","Monetary-use status: Circulation and redemption status, each supported by source, effective date and applicable jurisdiction; unknown permitted","Verification evidence: Links to issue references, observed features, examination method and dated assessment"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Banknotes and coins marked with the issuing central bank's name and denominations in rubles or kopecks.","The ruble sign, a Cyrillic letter with a 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code RUB."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The Russian ruble is used in the Russian Federation to express prices, settle payments and record financial obligations.","Its coins and banknotes are encountered in retail transactions, cash storage, banking and currency exchange.","Account balances and electronic payments also represent ruble amounts without requiring physical cash."]}},"sources":[{"title":"ISO 4217 currency codes","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html","note":"Official alpha and numeric codes RUB/643 and the withdrawn code RUR/810."},{"title":"Bank of Russia (official site)","url":"https://www.cbr.ru/","note":"Issuer of notes, coins and the digital ruble; cash-circulation and monetary-policy authority."},{"title":"Russian ruble","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ruble","note":"Denomination list, 1998 redenomination, ruble sign, and historical series overview."},{"title":"Federal Law No. 86-FZ of 10 July 2002 on the Central Bank 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