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200 Tögrög Discovery of America - Columbus
| Issuer | Mongolia |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Mongolian |
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| Reverse description | A facing portrait of Christopher Columbus occupies the left and central portion of the inner field, rendered in high relief with soft facial features. To his right, a period sailing vessel — evocative of Columbus's fleet — is depicted at sea. The two images are enclosed within a raised circular border. The curved legend DISCOVERY OF AMERICA arcs across the upper portion of the reverse, while the commemorative dual dates 1492•1992 appear in the lower exergual area, separated by a raised line motif. |
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Mongolia's participation in the Columbus quincentenary market was purely commercial — Ulaanbaatar had no geographic or historical connection to the 1492 voyage. The early 1990s saw dozens of small nations issue gold and silver commemoratives for the 500th anniversary, many produced by European contract mints specifically for the collector trade rather than domestic circulation. This piece almost certainly never crossed a Mongolian border in any transactional sense.
At 3.11 g of .999 fine gold, the specification matches a one-tenth troy ounce bullion format, a deliberate choice that anchored the collector premium to a recognizable precious metal weight.