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500 Tögrög Year of the Goat
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2003 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic/Latin/Traditional Mongolian |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed depiction of a goat — the eighth animal of the Chinese lunar zodiac — shown in profile standing atop a stylised rocky plinth at center, with decorative auspicious clouds scattered throughout the field. An ornate inner border frames the central motif, incorporating the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac rendered in relief amid intertwining foliate branches. A traditional East Asian pavilion surmounts the composition at the top of the border, with geometric decorative panels flanking the sides, all executed in a refined Asian artistic style. |
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Part of Mongolia's long-running lunar calendar series, this issue marks the Wood Goat year in the traditional twelve-year cycle observed across much of East and Central Asia. The Bank of Mongolia began issuing collector-focused silver pieces in the 1990s as a deliberate hard-currency earner, with the lunar series among the most consistently produced. The 2003 Goat corresponds to the Wood Goat year, which last fell in 1943 — wartime, and a period when Mongolia was deeply enmeshed in Soviet economic planning with no independent numismatic program to speak of.