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500 Tögrög Year of the Goat
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Tögrög (1925-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the ornate emblem of the Bank of Mongolia in an elaborate decorative frame, with the issuer name MONGOLIA inscribed along the upper legend in Latin script. The face value 500 TOGROG appears prominently below the emblem, with the date 2003 and the fineness and weight notations GOLD 999.9 and 1/25 oz inscribed in the lower field. Mongolian script characters flank the central device on both sides. The entire design is rendered in high-relief proof finish against a mirror field. |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic depiction of a standing goat occupies the central field, facing left atop a decorative ground line, commemorating the Chinese Lunar Year of the Goat. The central motif is surrounded by an ornate border composed of stylized floral and scrollwork elements arranged in a traditional East Asian decorative pattern. The design is executed in high-relief proof finish with frosted devices set against a mirror-polished field, giving strong visual contrast to the composition. |
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Part of a long-running Mongolian lunar series targeting the collector market, this piece was issued the same year Mongolia was navigating the aftermath of a severe dzud — the catastrophic winter-summer weather cycle that had devastated livestock herds and roughly a third of the country's rural population between 1999 and 2002. The Bank of Mongolia leaned heavily into precious metal commemorative programs during this period, in part to generate hard currency revenue through international coin dealers rather than domestic circulation.