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5 Tögrög
| Issuer | Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank |
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| Year | 1941 |
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| Value | 5 Tögrög |
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| Obverse lettering | 1941 ᠪᠦᠭᠦᠳᠡ ᠨᠠᠶᠢᠷᠠᠮᠳᠠᠬᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠠᠷᠠᠳ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ ᠓᠑ Бүгүд Найрамдах Монгол Ард Улс ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠬᠤᠳᠠᠯᠳᠤᠭᠠ ᠪᠠ ᠠᠵᠤ ᠦᠢᠯᠡᠳᠪᠦᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ 5 ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ ᠕ (Translation: Mongolian People`s Republic, 31, Five Tögrög 5, Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two symmetrical halves, each bearing the large numeral 5 within an ornate guilloche rosette, with the Cyrillic legend ТАВАН ТӨГРӨГ (Five Tögrög) below. A central panel carries extensive text in Classical Mongolian script alongside Cyrillic inscriptions, all set on a light pink and green underprint. The overall layout is letterpress-printed with decorative borders running along all four edges. |
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The Mongolian Trade and Industry Bank — Mongoliin Худалдаа Аж Үйлдвэрийн Банк — was the sole issuing authority in the Mongolian People's Republic throughout this period, operating under close Soviet oversight. The 1941 series was produced by Goznak in Moscow, the same facility printing Soviet state currency at the time, and the design vocabulary reflects that proximity directly.
Mongolia's wartime financial position was deeply tied to Soviet supply chains, and the 1941 reissue replaced the earlier 1939 notes as the MPR quietly consolidated its monetary administration ahead of the wider disruptions of the Pacific theater years.