The dollar ( mn, доллар) was the currency of
Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
between 1921 and 1925. Treasury notes were issued under
Baron Ungern
Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (russian: link=no, Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг, translit=Roman Fedorovich fon Ungern-Shternberg; 10 January 1886 – 15 September 1921), often refer ...
in 1921. The denominations were 10, 20, 50 and 100 dollars. It was intended to replace the
Chinese yuan
The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 202 ...
at par but, according to European travellers of the time, was worthless.
[Ladislaus Forbath, ''The New Mongolia'', London 1936, p.217/218] Further banknotes were printed in 1924, in denominations of 50 cents, 1, 3, 5, 10 and 25 dollars, but were not issued. The dollar, together with other circulating currencies, was replaced by the
tögrög in 1925.
References
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*The Coins and Banknotes of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 2002
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Currencies of Asia
1920s in Mongolia
Modern obsolete currencies
1920s economic history
1921 establishments in Mongolia
1925 disestablishments in Asia
20th-century disestablishments in Mongolia
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