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1000 Tögrög Colosseum
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2007-2008 |
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| Value | 1000 Tögrög |
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| Obverse lettering | Монгол Банк ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 1000 ТӨГРӨГ 1 gr 999.9 GOLD (Translation: The Bank of Mongolia Monggol Ulus (Mongolia) 1000 Tögrög) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed high-relief aerial perspective view of the Colosseum (Colosseo) in Rome, rendered with fine architectural detail showing the elliptical structure's tiered arched arcades and partially ruined outer wall. The legend 'COLOSSEUM' is inscribed in capital letters along the upper arc of the coin, while the Italian name 'Colosseo' appears in smaller lettering at the upper left of the field. A small globe-and-laurel branch logo, associated with the Seven Wonders of the World series, is positioned to the left of the main device. The date '2008' is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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Issued under the broader "Wonders of the World" series that Mongolian state minting authorities pursued aggressively through the 2000s, this piece belongs to a category of small-format bullion-adjacent commemoratives that flooded the collector market during that decade. Mongolia had no historical connection to Rome, which made it — like several Pacific island nations — an attractive issuer for internationally themed coins precisely because novelty rather than tradition governed the program.
At one gram of .9999 fine gold, the actual bullion value was always minimal. These sold primarily on collector premiums, not metal content.