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3 Tögrög
| Issuer | Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank |
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| Year | 1939 |
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| Value | 3 Tögrög (3 MNT) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Damdiny Sükhbaatar (February 2, 1893 – February 20, 1923), founding member of the Mongolian People's Party and commander of the partisan forces that liberated Khüree during the 1921 Outer Mongolian Revolution, flanked by the National Coat of Arms. Inscriptions in traditional Mongolian script appear above and below the portrait within a decorative border. The denomination numeral '3' is displayed at corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠶᠢᠰᠦᠳᠦᠭᠡᠷ ᠣᠨ᠃ ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ ᠓ (Translation: Twenty nine years of the Mongolian People's Republic, Three Tögrög, 3) |
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The Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank was the sole bank of issue in the Mongolian People's Republic throughout this period, functioning entirely under Soviet financial oversight. The 1939 series — of which this 3 Tögrög is part — was printed by Goznak in Moscow, the same state security printing house responsible for Soviet currency itself. That relationship was not incidental: Mongolia's monetary system was structurally integrated with Soviet planning, and having Soviet presses produce the notes was a practical extension of that arrangement.
Goznak's involvement guaranteed high intaglio quality, but also meant Mongolian currency design decisions effectively passed through Moscow.