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2000 Tögrög Mechanical Ladybug
| Issuer | Mongol Bank |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents an elaborate steampunk-inspired mechanical tableau filling the entire field, rendered in high relief with mirror-polished and frosted finishes. An intricate arrangement of interlocking cogwheels, gears, escapement mechanisms, balance wheels, and mechanical components evocative of a fine watch movement occupies the field in meticulous detail. At the left center, a dark-toned cartouche displays the Mongol Bank logo surmounted by the national emblem (soyombo), flanked by the traditional Mongolian script in vertical orientation, with the denomination legend '2000 ТӨГРӨГ' inscribed below in bold relief. The inscription 'MONGOLIA 3oz .999 SILVER' appears in small Latin lettering beneath the denomination within the cartouche. The composition combines deeply recessed background elements with prominent foreground gears to create a dramatic sense of mechanical depth. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mongolia's novelty coinage program has leaned hard into kinetic gimmicks since the mid-2010s, and this piece belongs squarely in that lineage — its moving parts are the product, not the coin. The Mongol Bank outsources these mechanical issues to specialist European mints, primarily in Germany and Austria, that hold the engineering patents for articulated coin inserts.
Collector resale on these pieces hinges almost entirely on whether the mechanism still functions.