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500 Tögrög Princess Diana
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national emblem of Mongolia (Soyombo symbol) flanked by traditional Mongolian script running vertically on both sides. The denomination 500 appears in Arabic numerals in the lower central field, with the Mongolian script equivalent below. The legend MONGOLIA is inscribed vertically along the right field in Latin script. The coin exhibits a deeply mirrored proof field with a finely reeded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, shown from the waist up facing slightly left, wearing a protective vest marked 'THE HALO TRUST' and holding a warning sign reading 'PERIGO MINAS' (Portuguese for 'Danger Mines'), referencing her humanitarian landmine awareness campaign. The dates 1961 and 1997 flank the upper legend, denoting her birth and death years. The curved legend DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES arcs across the top of the field, with CAMPAIGNER inscribed below the portrait and the year 1999 at the bottom. |
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Issued the year after Diana's death, this coin belongs to a wave of commemorative silver struck by smaller national mints capitalizing on global demand for Diana memorial pieces — Mongolia had no political or historical connection to the British royal family, making this a frankly commercial issue. The Bank of Mongolia produced numerous such foreign-subject commemoratives throughout the late 1990s, a revenue strategy common among nations with limited numismatic collector bases of their own.
Mintage figures for this type were rarely disclosed by the issuing authority.