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2500 Tögrög Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#240 |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistically rendered coiled snake dominates the central field, its body depicted with finely detailed scales in high relief, set against a plain mirror field with sparse grass or reed motifs at its sides. To the upper left, Chinese characters '蛇年' (Year of the Snake) are inscribed alongside a Mongolian script character. The denomination '2500 TOGROG' appears in the lower left field, and the date '2001' is inscribed to the lower right. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese/Mongolian |
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Mongolia's gold commemorative program expanded sharply in the early 2000s as the Bank of Mongolia sought hard currency revenue through collector coin sales — a strategy common among smaller central banks following the turbulence of the 1990s transition from command economy. The Year of the Snake falls in the twelve-year Mongolian lunar cycle that aligns with the Chinese zodiac, and 2001 issues from this series were marketed primarily across East Asian collector markets.
KM#240 is struck in four-nines gold at a weight corresponding to one-quarter troy ounce — a deliberate choice to hit a price point accessible to regional buyers without the premium of a full-ounce format.