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1000 Tögrög Golden Phorusrhacidae
| Issuer | Mongol Bank (Bank of Mongolia) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the official emblem of Mongol Bank, depicting the soyombo symbol surmounting a circular cartouche enclosing the cursive legend 'Mongol Bank', above a decorative ornamental base. Flanking the central emblem to the left and right are vertical inscriptions in the traditional Mongolian script. Below the emblem, the denomination '1000 ТӨГРӨГ' is inscribed in bold Cyrillic characters. Along the lower border, a curved Latin legend reads 'MONGOLIA 0.5g .9999 GOLD', stating the coin's country of issue, weight, and fineness. |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays a highly detailed relief depiction of the fossilised cranial skeleton of a Phorusrhacidae (terror bird), rendered in a naturalistic paleontological style showing the elongated skull and massive hooked beak in lateral profile. Skeletal foot and leg bones are depicted in the lower field. The upper border carries the curved legend 'EVOLUTION' accompanied by the date '2024', while the taxon name 'Phorusrhacidae' appears as a curved inscription along the lower right field. |
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Phorusrhacids — colloquially "terror birds" — were apex predators across South America for roughly 60 million years following the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, reaching heights of up to 3 meters before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama introduced competing placental carnivores. Mongolia has no paleontological connection to the family whatsoever; this is a pure bullion-collectible play by the Mongol Bank, which has issued a long series of fractional gold coins featuring prehistoric fauna unrelated to Central Asian natural history.