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3 Tögrög

Issuer Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank
Year 1939
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In circulation to 1966
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Obverse lettering 1939 ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ᠃ ᠒᠙ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠳᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠪᠠ ᠠᠵᠤ ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ᠃ 3 ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ ᠓
(Translation: Mongolian People's Republic, 29, Three Tögrög 3, Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank)
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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.