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200 Tögrög Discovery of America - Columbus
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Value | 200 Tögrög (200 MNT) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large facing portrait of Christopher Columbus occupying the left and central portion of the field, rendered in high relief against a polished background. To the right of the portrait, a period sailing vessel — representative of Columbus's fleet — is depicted in lower relief. The curved legend DISCOVERY OF AMERICA arcs along the upper periphery, and the commemorative dual dates 1492•1992 appear in a recessed panel along the lower border, separated by a raised dot. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - - 10,000 |
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Issued during a wave of Columbus quincentenary commemoratives that flooded world markets in 1992, Mongolia's entry was one of dozens of small-format gold pieces produced by mints across Europe and Asia for countries with no historical connection to the event whatsoever. The Bank of Mongolia contracted these issues largely as hard-currency earners during the country's painful transition away from the Soviet-era command economy — collector coins sold abroad for foreign exchange, not for domestic circulation.
The 3.11 g weight is not coincidental: it is a tenth of a troy ounce, the standard fractional bullion denomination favored by commemorative programs targeting Western coin investors.