The question is constantly asked: where did the Mongolian coins and documents in the Mongolian language go? Why are there labels and documents in Chinese, Arabic and Slavic languages, but not in Mongolian?
Well, let's just say, the question is posed incorrectly, the answer turns out to be incomprehensible, and the conclusion from this is not that there were no Mongols, but Alexander Nevsky "Batya-Baty", but that it is necessary to teach materiel. And there are a lot of labels for reigning in museums, Mongol arrows and sabers, also, do not confuse the label with paiza, however, in order.
The labels were written for the native rulers, therefore the officials of the Mongol Empire chose the appropriate language, the Chinese and Tibetans did the paperwork, the people were literate. The Mongols themselves did not manage document circulation at all, they decided all matters orally, without recording.
They did not have an alphabet, they did not want to use Chinese and did not master it for hundreds of years, and the square letter, artificial, did not take root. The Mongols gave paizu instead of documents - an ingot of silver or gold with images, many could not read. Paiza, you can constantly read such idiocy, not a label for reign, this is a document for obtaining horses, provisions, a stay and the ability to give orders, shoulder straps and a certificate in one.
Worn on a belt or neck, silver for junior command personnel, gold for higher officers, with a lion for commanders, and with a gyrfalcon in general for military leaders of the highest rank, the level of a marshal. The label gave power over aborigines, paiza over aborigines and Mongols of lower rank.
Well, I hope it's clear with the labels and paiza, but where did the Mongolian coins go? And they simply did not mint them, the Mongols banned the circulation of coins in the empire and took the fashion from the Chinese to use paper money and bills, they have been fond of this for half a thousand years.
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And that's all, the Mongols simply did not have any coins, they took them away from the population and melted them down, and in exchange they left banknotes. They printed with clichés, they were found, gathering dust in museums, but those who say that “there were no Mongols” do not go there, so they don’t know the common truths.
PS And as for the coins of the Golden Horde, there are no coins, and the list of Mints is only impressive.
The coins themselves are sold on sites in hundreds, in whole sets:
