Mengjiang

Mongol Military Government (1936-1937), Mongol United Autonomous Government (1937-1939), Mengjiang United Autonomous Government (1939-1941), Mongolian Autonomous Union (1941-1945)

Puppet State of Japan (1936-1945)

Location: Inner Mongolia

Capital City: Hohhot (1937-1939), Kalgan (1939-1945)

Government type: Provisional Govenment (1937-1939), Military dictatorship (1939-1945)

Main languages: Mongolian, Mandarin, Japanese

Main religions: Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Mongol Shamanism

Chronology

1936: Mongol Military government formed in parts of Inner Mongolia under Japanese occupation

1939: United with the minor Japanese puppet states of North Shanxi and South Chahar

1942: Client state to the Wang Jingwei Regime in China

1945: Occupied by the USSR and Mongolia and dissolved

Currency

Yuan (1938-1944)

1 Yuan = 10 Jiao = 100 Fen

Coins from Mengjiang in the collection

•1 Jiao, 1938 (cupronickel, Y#521)