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3 Tögrög
| Issuer | State Bank of the Mongolian People's Republic |
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| Year | 1966-1983 |
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| Designer(s) | Ts. Minjuur, D. Tserenpil |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette carries a facing portrait of Damdiny Sükhbaatar (1893–1923), founding member of the Mongolian People's Party and commander of the partisan army that liberated Khüree in 1921, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The State Coat of Arms of the Mongolian People's Republic appears to one side, with the denomination rendered in both Cyrillic and traditional Mongolian script. The overall colour scheme is dominated by green tones with multi-coloured guilloche work framing the central portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 1983 ᠓ ᠭᠤᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ ГУРВАН ᠓ ТӨГРӨГ ХЭРЭВ БАНКНЫ ТЭМДЭГТҮҮДИЙГ ХУУРАМЧААР ҮЙЛДВЭЛ ГЭМТ ЭТГЭЭДИЙГ ХУУЛЬ ЁСООР ХАРИУЦЛАГАД ТАТНА (Translation: Three Tögrög, Counterfeit of the banknotes is punishable by law) |
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Mongolia's 1966 banknote series — of which this 3 Tögrög is part — was produced during a period of total economic alignment with the Soviet Union, when the Mongolian People's Republic functioned essentially as a Soviet satellite state. The State Bank had no independent monetary policy to speak of; note issuance tracked Soviet-directed planning targets rather than domestic economic conditions.
The designers Ts. Minjuur and D. Tserenpil were among the first generation of trained Mongolian graphic artists, and their involvement marks a deliberate departure from the earlier practice of outsourcing plate design entirely to Soviet printing facilities. The series ran across seventeen years without reissue, which itself reflects how little general circulation pressure the denomination faced.