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25 Dollars 6% Obligation
| Issuer | Mongolian Government Treasury |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a four-pointed oval medallion in blue, yellow, pink, and white, set within a plain circular border, positioned at the upper centre of the note. The field is filled on left and right with dense vertical columns of traditional Mongolian script. Trilingual inscriptions in Mongolian script, English, and Russian below the central vignette read MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT'S TREASURE / 6% PROVISIONARY OBLIGATION / 25 DOLLARS, with the denomination repeated in Cyrillic at the base; the ornate border is composed of repeating geometric and floral motifs with yin-yang symbols at the lower corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠡᠨᠡᠬᠦ ᠪᠠᠭᠠ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠠᠯᠢᠪᠠ ᠠᠯᠪᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ ᠤᠳ ᠲᠤ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠲᠡᠢ ᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ᠂ ᠲᠣᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠶᠣᠰᠣᠭᠠᠷ ᠠᠪᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠡᠨᠡ ᠣᠨ᠂ ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠡᠬᠢᠯᠡᠨ ᠰᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᠤᠨ ᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠪᠦᠯᠢᠶᠡᠬᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥᠨ ᠦ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠷᠢᠶᠠᠮᠤᠢ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠬᠦ ᠪᠣᠯᠵᠣᠨ ᠳᠣᠣᠷᠠ ᠦᠯᠦ ᠲᠤᠰᠢᠶᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠭᠠ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠣᠲᠣᠷᠠ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠵᠤ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠨᠠ ᠬᠡᠷᠪᠡ ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠦᠦ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠰᠤᠯᠢᠵᠤ ᠦᠯᠦ ᠴᠢᠳᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠬᠤ ᠠᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠬᠡᠷᠡᠭᠰᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠭᠴᠢᠳ ᠲᠤ ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠩᠴᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠲᠤᠲᠤᠮ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠳᠣᠣᠷᠠ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠩᠴᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠬᠡᠦ ᠦᠷᠡᠵᠢᠭᠦᠯᠦᠨ ᠠᠰᠢᠭ ᠪᠣᠯᠭᠠᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠬᠡᠮᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠠᠰᠢᠭ ᠢ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠳᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠨ ᠥᠩᠭᠡᠷᠡᠭᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠰᠠᠷᠠ ᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠪᠣᠳᠣᠵᠤ ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠭᠠᠷᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠡᠬᠢᠯᠡᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠢᠯ ᠦᠨ ᠬᠦ ᠡᠴᠡ ᠬᠡᠲᠦᠷᠡᠭᠦᠯᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ ᠪᠡᠷ ᠣᠯᠭᠤᠮᠤᠢ᠃ ᠡᠨᠡᠬᠦ ᠬᠡᠦ ᠪᠣᠯᠪᠠᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠲᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠲᠡᠮᠳᠡᠭ ᠢ ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠥ ᠵᠦᠢᠯ ᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠰᠣᠯᠢᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠴᠠᠭ ᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠮᠲᠤ ᠪᠠᠷ ᠰᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᠤᠨ ᠠᠴᠠ ᠭᠦᠢᠴᠡᠳᠭᠡᠨ ᠲᠥᠯᠮᠣᠢ᠃ Payable to the bearer on demand in local currency on or after november 20-th 1921. Срокъ обмѣна на наличную валюту 20 ноября 1921 г. |
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Mongolia's 1921 treasury obligations were issued in the immediate aftermath of the February revolution that expelled Chinese Beiyang forces and established the Mongolian People's Government. The denomination in dollars — rather than any Chinese or Russian unit — reflects the practical reality of that moment: the new government had no currency infrastructure of its own and was operating in a region where multiple foreign currencies competed for acceptance.
The 6% obligation designation marks this as an interest-bearing instrument, functioning closer to a war bond than a banknote. P#A2 is among the rarest entries in Mongolian paper money; very few examples are documented in major collections.