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500 Tögrög Vostok-1

Issuer Bank of Mongolia
Year 2007
Type Non-circulating coin
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Reverse script Cyrillic
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Mintage 2007 - Proof - 500
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Issued to mark the 46th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's April 1961 orbital flight, this Mongolian commemorative belongs to a wave of Soviet-era nostalgia pieces that proliferated across former Eastern Bloc-adjacent states in the 2000s. Mongolia had deep ideological and material ties to the USSR throughout the Cold War, receiving substantial Soviet aid and hosting joint scientific programs — commemorating Vostok-1 carried genuine historical resonance rather than mere opportunism.

Gagarin's flight lasted 108 minutes.

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