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12 000 Tögrög Year of the Rooster
| Issuer | Mongolbank |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national emblem of Mongolia — the Soyombo symbol surmounting a circular ornamental border enclosing a traditional Mongolian landscape with lotus pedestal and Dharma wheel — rendered in high relief. The legend MONGOLIA arcs along the upper right field in Latin characters, while the denomination 12000 appears in large numerals at the lower centre. Traditional Mongolian script runs vertically along the right field, and Chinese characters appear at the lower left. The inscription 12 OZ FINE GOLD 999 is incused along the lower exergue. |
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Mongolia issued this massive gold piece in 1993, just two years after abandoning the Soviet-era command economy and rewriting its constitution as a parliamentary republic. The timing was deliberate — the new government used prestige bullion issues aggressively in the early 1990s to generate hard currency, with Western collectors and Asian buyers both targeted. The rooster year alignment placed it squarely in a Chinese lunar calendar tradition that carried strong commercial appeal across East Asia.
At over 373 grams of .999 fine gold, this is among the heaviest coins Mongolbank ever produced.