Mongolia (1925) 15 mongo
This specimen was lot 72411 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "MONGOLIA. 15 Mongo, AH 15 (1925). Leningrad Mint. PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. A well struck coin with luster remaining in the protected areas, and lightly toned throughout." This issue, the first for the independent country, was accompanied by one, two, five, ten, twenty and fifty mongo and one tugrik. All match the contemporary Russian kopeks and rubles. The Communists ruled the nation with Russian support until they were overthrown in 1992. This series has become expensive since it was included in Chinese catalogs.
Recorded mintage: 417,000.
Specification: 2.70 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: L&M-622; KM-5.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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