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After princely minting stopped, hryvnias served as silver ingots

An elongated silver ingot displayed against a reconstructed medieval Rus settlement; symbolic, not a specific artifact.
Merchants compare a silver ingot and balance weights during a reconstructed medieval Rus transaction.
Several symbolic reconstructions of silver ingots show different forms in a museum conservation setting.
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An elongated silver ingot displayed against a reconstructed medieval Rus settlement; symbolic, not a specific artifact.

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After local coin minting ceased in Kievan Rus, large trade transactions did not disappear. From the second half of the eleventh through the fifteenth century, they were made with silver ingots of a set weight and shape, called hryvnias. Other goods also served as means of exchange in everyday life.