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50 Tögrög Discovery of America - Columbus
| Issuer | Mongolia |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | MONGOLIA ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 50 ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ᠌ (Translation: Monggol Ulus (Mongolia) 50 Tögrög) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mongolia's entry into the commemorative coin market accelerated sharply in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet-aligned Mongolian People's Republic, with the newly democratic government quickly recognizing hard-currency revenue from foreign collector sales. This piece is one of several international-theme issues struck for that export market — Columbus having no particular relevance to Mongolia beyond the quincentenary boom of 1992 that flooded the world market with silver commemoratives from dozens of issuing nations.
Spain, the Bahamas, and the Marshall Islands all issued competing Columbus pieces the same year, many sharing the same 31.1g one-troy-ounce specification.