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200 Tögrög Discovery of America - Columbus
| Issuer | Mongolia |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Mongolia — featuring the soyombo symbol atop a circular central device containing a horseman, mountains, and a lotus base — are depicted in the center of the field. The Latin legend MONGOLIA arcs across the upper portion of the coin, while the denomination 200 appears in large numerals at the bottom. To the right of the arms, vertical Mongolian script inscriptions read the country name and denomination in the traditional script. The design is framed by a milled border. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONGOLIA ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 200 ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ᠌ (Translation: Monggol Ulus (Mongolia) 200 Tögrög) |
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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.