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500 Tögrög Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ᠌ ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ MONGOLIA 1 OZ 999 SILVER (Translation: 500 Tugriks Monggol Ulus (Mongolia)) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a finely detailed depiction of a Chinese-style dragon in dynamic motion amid crashing ocean waves, rendered in high sculptural relief in the manner of traditional East Asian artistic convention. The dragon's sinuous body, scaled in intricate detail, rises powerfully through stylized clouds and turbulent seas. A small cartouche with Chinese characters appears in the upper left field. The date '2000' is inscribed to the left, and the denomination '500 TOGROG' is engraved in two lines along the lower portion of the field. The design is executed in proof finish with exceptional detail throughout. |
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Mongolia marked the Mongolian Year of the Dragon in 2000 with a series of lunar-themed bullion issues aimed squarely at the collector market, part of a broader push by the Bank of Mongolia through the late 1990s and early 2000s to generate hard currency through numismatic exports. The domestic economy was still absorbing the shock of the 1990s transition from Soviet-planned to market structures, and commemorative silver provided a reliable foreign revenue stream that had nothing to do with tögrög exchange rates.