Catalog
5 Möngö
| Issuer | Mongolia |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Weight | 0.87 g |
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| Obverse description | Central round hole surrounded by a scalloped inner border. The Cyrillic legend БҮГД НАЙРАМДАХ МОНГОЛ АРД УЛС, denoting the Mongolian People's Republic, encircles the hole along the outer field. The date 1959 appears at the base of the legend. The rim is defined by a beaded border running the full circumference of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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Mongolia's 1959 aluminium small denominations were struck under Soviet technical assistance, with the Leningrad Mint producing the dies and likely the coins themselves — a arrangement common to several Soviet-aligned states during this period that leaves attribution to a specific facility genuinely ambiguous in the numismatic literature.