Mongolia's 1945 coinage was produced under the Mongolian People's Republic at a time when the country functioned essentially as a Soviet satellite, with economic and monetary policy dictated largely from Moscow. The aluminium bronze composition mirrors Soviet small-denomination practice of the period almost exactly — a material choice that was not coincidental.
KM#15 replaced the earlier bronze möngö series introduced in 1937, the reformulation coming as wartime metal demands reshaped coinage specifications across the Soviet sphere.
Mongolia's 1945 coinage was produced under the Mongolian People's Republic at a time when the country functioned essentially as a Soviet satellite, with economic and monetary policy dictated largely from Moscow. The aluminium bronze composition mirrors Soviet small-denomination practice of the period almost exactly — a material choice that was not coincidental.
KM#15 replaced the earlier bronze möngö series introduced in 1937, the reformulation coming as wartime metal demands reshaped coinage specifications across the Soviet sphere.