черво́нец

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nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
chervonets, gold ducat (old Russian coin)numismatics
Он собира́л ста́рые золоты́е черво́нцы.
He collected old gold chervontsy.
Historical; a gold coin worth roughly 5 to 10 roubles.
2.
ten-rouble note, ten-rouble piecefinance
Зарпла́ту вы́дали новыми черво́нцами.
The wages were paid out in new ten-rouble notes.
Soviet currency unit introduced in 1922.
3.
tenner, a ten
Дай мне черво́нец до пя́тницы.
Lend me a tenner till Friday.
Colloquial, of any currency.

Examples

За работу ей заплатили три червонца.
She was paid three chervontsy for the work.
Дай мне один червонец на хлеб.
Give me one chervonets for bread.
Он нашёл старый червонец в шкафу.
He found an old chervonets in the cupboard.