Money in Nos

[Vanchu, Anthony J. (JSC-AH)[TTI]]

Can anyone help provide me with a rough idea of the values of the
"krasnaia assignatsia" and "siniaia assignatsia" mentioned in Gogol's
"Nos"?

Numerical values would be fine, but more importantly, were these paltry,
medium, or significant sums of money in their day?

Replies off line are fine.

Thanks in advance,
Tony

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
anthony.j.vanchu at nasa.gov
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050


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