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500 Tögrög Sumo
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Mongolian |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mongolia issued a short series of fractional gold coins in the late 1990s targeting the collector market, and this sumo-themed piece was part of that run timed loosely to coincide with growing pan-Asian sport diplomacy. The weight corresponds to 1/40 troy ounce, a format used by several mints during this period to produce accessible gold at low face-value premiums.
Mongolian wrestlers have long dominated international sumo — Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj and others who followed helped make the sport a point of national pride well before this coin was struck.