Mongolia

Mongolia new 5,000-togrog note variety confirmed

The 5,000-togrog note dated 2003 (P68) apparently underwent a slight modification at some point between prefixes AF and AH.

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On later issues (bottom), the signature ends with a curved horizontal line which is missing from earlier issues (top).

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More significantly, on the back of earlier issues (top), there are bands of red at the ends of the horizontal bars along the lower edge which are not present on the later issues (bottom).

If you have this note with prefix AG, help narrow down the change-over prefix by using the contact form to indicate which attributes appear on your note.

Courtesy of Alexander Petrov and Sergey Vostrikov.

Mongolia new date (2011) 20-tögrög note confirmed

20 tögrög (US$0.02), 2011. Like MB B31 (P63), but new date.

Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.

Mongolia new date (2011) 10-tögrög note confirmed

10 tögrög (US$0.01), 2011. Like MB B30 (P62), but new date.

Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Thomas Augustsson.

Mongolia new date (2011) 500-tögrög note confirmed


500 tögrög (US$0.35), 2011. Like MB B23 (P66), but new date, new signature, and revised script to the left of the signatures on front.

Courtesy of Claudio Marana and Thomas Augustsson.

Mongolia new 1,000-tögrög note confirmed


1,000 tögrög (US$0.70), 2011. Like P67, but new date, signature (L. Purevdorj), and revised script to the left of the signature on front.

Courtesy of Peter Mosselberger (www.banknote.ws).

Mongolia new 10- and 20-togrog notes confirmed


10 togrog (US0.01), 2009. Like P62, but new date, signature (L. Purevdorj), and script to left of signature. Intro: March 2011.


20 togrog (US0.01), 2009. Like P62, but new date, signature (L. Purevdorj), and script to left of signature. Intro: March 2011.

Can anyone please identify the language of the script to the left of the signatures, and translate the meaning of the script which appears on the 2007 versus 2009 dated 20-togrog notes below?



Courtesy of Rui Manuel Palhares.

Mongolia new 10,000-tögrög note confirmed


10,000 tögrög (US$7.00)
Orange, black, red, and brown.. Front: Chinggis Khaan; holographic Soyombo symbol; warrior on horseback. Back: Building courtyard with tree-like water fountain. Windowed security thread with demetalized MONGOLBANK. Watermark: Chinggis Khaan and electrotype МБ. Printer: Unknown. 150 x 72 mm. 2009. Signature L. Purevdorj.

This note is like P67, but with new signature, new date, and new text in the oblong panel between the signature and portrait on the front (shown above, rotated 90° counterclockwise).

Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.

Mongolia new 20,000-tögrög note confirmed


According to a notice on the Bank of Mongolia’s web site, a new 20,000-tögrög (US$14.60) note was issued on 25 May 2010.

The note dated 2009 is like the one issued in 2006 (Pick 70), but has a varifeye thread.

Light green and yellow. Front: Chinggis Khaan; holographic Soyombo symbol; warrior on horseback. Back: State Nine White Banners. varifeye thread and 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized MONGOLBANK. Watermark: Chinggis Khaan and electrotype МБ. Printer: (G&D). 152 x 72 mm.

If anyone can translate this press release into English, I would appreciate hearing from you so that I can share the info with others.

Anyone interested in buying one of these notes can contact the contributor by clicking the link below. Be sure to say you saw it mentioned here on Banknotenews.com.

Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson, Roman Boroznjak, and Nin Cheun.

Mongolia 20,000-tögrög commemorative specimen confirmed


On 2 October 2006 Mongol Bank issued its first ever 20,000-tögrög (US$14.35) note into circulation (Pick 70). A limited number of 20,000-tögrög (US$14.35) notes with the watermark area on front were overprinted Great Mongol State 800 years 1206 - 2006. This commemorative was the first note in the world to use G&D’s LOOK (Laser Originated Optical Key), a security feature that creates laser-induced effects in the substrate, print color, foil, and varnish. In this case, the 4-digit serial number was written using LOOK.

The above specimen example of the overprinted commemorative has surfaced, along with reports that non-specimen notes with the commemorative overprint were available only encased in Lucite. If anyone can provide more information about this commemorative note, please post a comment. I’m particularly interested in determining if the non-specimen version of the overprinted note is available, as well as how many such notes were printed, and if they entered circulation or were sold as numismatic products at a premium to face value.

Courtesy of Eberhard Siegele.

Mongolia new date (2008) 50-tögrög note confirmed


50-tögrög (Like Pick 64, but new date (2008) and new signature.

Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.

Mongolia new date (2008) 100-tögrög note confirmed


100-tögrög (US$0.05)
Like Pick 65, but new date (2008) and new signature.

Courtesy of Michael E. Knabe.

Mongolia new 5-tögrög note confirmed


This 5-tögrög note is like the undated Pick 53, but it has the date (2008) printed on the back, plus the text and signature on front has changed.

Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.

Mongolia new date (2007) tögrög notes confirmed


This 1,000-tögrög note is like Pick 67, but new date (2007) and new signature of governor A. Batsukh (2006~January 2009).

10-, 20-, and 500-tögrög notes have also been confirmed with this date and signature. Images of the other denominations with this date are requested, as are images of varieties with the signature of the new governor, L. Purevdorj, which are expected eventually.

Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.

Mongolia new 1-tögrög note confirmed


This 1-tögrög note is like the undated Pick 52, but it has the date (2008) printed on the back, plus the text and signature on front has changed.

Courtesy of Sejin Ahn.

Mongolia new date (2007) 500-tögrög note confirmed


500 tögrög (US$0.35), 2007. Like Pick 66, but new date and signature.

Courtesy of Don Cleveland.

Mongolia scans needed for catalog

I am working on a new catalog of world notes and I need all the help I can get. If you have any of the notes listed below, please email 300-dpi, 100% actual size, 24-bit color scans of the front and back of these notes, saved as uncompressed JPEG, BMP, or TIFF. Please download and follow these detailed scanning instructions.

I am looking for 300-dpi images of the following banknotes of Mongolia:

Pick A1-A4
Pick A8
Pick A10
Pick 16-19

As a contributor, you will receive the satisfaction of taking part in creating something of excellence, your note will be immortalized as the plate note for the catalog, plus your name will appear in the Acknowledgements along with your email address or URL, if you wish.

Thanks in advance for everyone's cooperation!

Mongolia issues first ever 20,000-tögrög note



20,000 tögrög (US$17.10).
Light green and yellow. Front: Chinggis Khaan; holographic Soyombo symbol; warrior on horseback. Back: State Nine White Banners. 3-mm windowed security thread with demetalized MONGOLBANK. Watermark: Chinggis Khaan and electrotype МБ. Printer: G&D (w/o imprint). 152 x 72 mm. 2006. Signature Unknown. Introduced 02.10.2006.
 
More details can be found in this UB Post article.