Catalog
10 Möngö
| Issuer | Mongolbank (Bank of Mongolia) |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The Soyombo national emblem is set at centre, flanked by Buddhist eternal knot (Öljii) ornamental motifs in the underprint. An archery vignette — one of the three traditional Naadam manly sports — appears within a guilloche-bordered panel, rendered in red intaglio against a pale rose underprint. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in the traditional Mongolian vertical script. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette within a rectangular guilloche frame presents two figures in traditional Mongolian dress engaged in archery — one drawing a bow, the other standing in attendance — set within a circular underprint medallion. The large numeral '10' in ornate lettering dominates the upper portion of the frame, above the denomination in Cyrillic, all printed in red on a pale rose guilloche ground. The issuer name appears at foot and the country name at top, both in bold Cyrillic capitals. |
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Mongolia's post-socialist monetary reform of 1991–1993 produced a complete series of small-denomination notes as the country severed its currency arrangements with the Soviet ruble bloc. This 10 Möngö was part of that reissue — fractional values that almost immediately became functionally worthless as inflation consumed purchasing power through the mid-1990s, making circulated survivors rarer than the face value implies.
Thomas De La Rue handled the printing, as they did for much of the new Mongolian series, having secured the contract as Mongolia opened to Western commercial relationships following 1990.