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1000 Tögrög Dancing Queen
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 1000 Tögrög |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the circular seal of the Bank of Mongolia, inscribed in cursive Cyrillic script reading 'Монгол Банк' (Bank of Mongolia), surmounted by the soyombo symbol and resting on a decorative lotus base. Traditional Mongolian script legend appears vertically in the left and right fields. The denomination '1000 ТӨГРӨГ' is boldly rendered in decorative serif lettering in the lower central field. The inscription 'MONGOLIA 1/25 oz 999,9 FINE GOLD' appears along the lower rim, with a reeded border encircling the entire design. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic / Traditional Mongolian / Latin |
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Part of a broader Mongolian commemorative program that leaned heavily on Western pop culture licensing in the mid-2000s, this piece belongs to an ABBA-themed series that the Bank of Mongolia issued alongside several other foreign pop and rock acts during the same period. Mongolia was among the more aggressive issuers in the collector coin market during these years, producing themed bullion and proof pieces for the international numismatic trade rather than domestic circulation — a revenue strategy that many smaller sovereign mints pursued with varying degrees of critical reception.
At 1.24 g of .9999 fine gold, the piece contains roughly a twenty-fifth of a troy ounce.