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1000 Tögrög Golden Nimravidae

Issuer Bank of Mongolia (Mongolbank)
Year 2023
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Diameter 11 mm
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Obverse description The central field displays the official emblem of the Bank of Mongolia (Mongolbank), featuring the soyombo symbol surmounting a stylised circular cartouche with a scroll bearing the bank's name in Latin script. Flanking the emblem to the left and right are vertical inscriptions in traditional Mongolian script. Below the emblem, the denomination '1000' and 'ТӨГРӨГ' are inscribed in large characters at centre field. A curved legend along the lower rim reads 'MONGOLIA 0.5g .9999 GOLD' in Latin script, denoting the country of issue and fineness specifications.
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Nimravidae — often called "false saber-tooths" — were not true felids but occupied an almost identical ecological niche across North America and Eurasia from the Eocene through the Miocene, a case of convergent evolution that still generates taxonomic argument. Mongolia's numismatic program has leaned heavily into paleontological subjects since the early 2000s, reflecting the country's status as one of the world's most productive fossil-bearing territories — the Gobi Basin alone has yielded type specimens for dozens of Cretaceous and Cenozoic genera.