200 Tögrög Year of the Monkey

Mongolia's early post-communist coinage years produced a flurry of collector-targeted bullion and commemorative issues, many contracted through foreign mints as the country had no domestic striking capacity of its own. This piece falls squarely in that category — a product of political transition dressed as numismatic program.

The Lunar series timing is notable: 1992 was the first year Mongolia operated as a parliamentary republic following the 1990 democratic revolution, and hard currency from collector coin sales provided a modest but real source of foreign exchange during a period of acute economic contraction.