500 Tögrög Undur Geghen Zanabazar, gilt

Zanabazar — born 1635, died 1723 — was the first Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, the highest reincarnate lama of Outer Mongolia, and is widely regarded as the finest sculptor Central Asia produced in the 17th century. His bronzes, many of which survive in Mongolian and Russian museum collections, drew directly on Newari techniques he encountered during study in Tibet. The gilt finish on this issue directly references the gilded surfaces of his own devotional castings.