Catalog
50 Tögrög
| Issuer | State Bank of the Mongolian People's Republic |
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| Year | 1966-1981 |
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| Size | 141 × 65 mm |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of the Government House (Parliament Building) in Ulaanbaatar occupies the upper central portion of the reverse, rendered in fine engraved line work against a green and yellow guilloche underprint. The date 1966 appears in the upper border, with the denomination rendered in large Cyrillic letters on a multicolored rosette panel below the building vignette; traditional Mongolian script cartouches flank the design on both sides within an ornate decorative frame. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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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.