Catalog
50 Tögrög
| Issuer | State Bank of the Mongolian People's Republic |
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| Year | 1966-1981 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At center, an intaglio portrait vignette of Damdiny Sükhbaatar (February 2, 1893 – February 20, 1923), founding member of the Mongolian People's Party and commander of the partisan army during the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921, is set against a fine guilloche underprint. The national coat of arms of the Mongolian People's Republic appears alongside the portrait, with Cyrillic and traditional Mongolian script inscriptions framing the design within an ornate border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 1966 ᠕᠐ ᠲᠠᠪᠢᠨ ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ ТАВИН ᠕᠐ ТӨГРӨГ ХЭРЭВ БАНКНЫ ТЭМДЭГТҮҮДИЙГ ХУУРАМЧААР ҮЙЛДВЭЛ ГЭМТ ЭТГЭЭДИЙГ ХУУЛЬ ЁСООР ХАРИУЦЛАГАД ТАТНА (Translation: Fifty Tögrög, Counterfeit of the banknotes is punishable by law) |
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Mongolia's 1966 series was the first major redesign since the late 1950s and arrived during a period of near-total economic dependence on Soviet planning — the tögrög itself was not freely convertible and functioned primarily as an internal accounting unit, with Soviet and COMECON trade settled through other mechanisms entirely. The printing was contracted to Goznak in Moscow, as was standard for Mongolian currency throughout the socialist period.
Ts. Minjuur and D. Tserenpil are among the few Mongolian designers credited by name on a national issue of this era, which was unusual given how thoroughly Soviet technical infrastructure dominated the production process.