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5000 Tögrög Undur Gegeen G. Zanabazar
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5000 Tögrög |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic, Traditional Mongolian, Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a large colour-printed portrait of Undur Gegeen Zanabazar (1635–1723), the first Jebtsundamba Khutughtu and celebrated Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader and sculptor, depicted as a young monk wearing ornate red and gold ceremonial robes, set against a deep blue circular halo background. The arched legend 'UNDUR GEGEEN G. ZANABAZAR (1635-1723)' curves along the upper left of the coin in raised Latin lettering against a polished black field. To the lower left, a small relief sculpture of a seated Buddhist deity — referencing Zanabazar's celebrated sculptural works — is accompanied by the date '2015'. To the right, a second small standing Buddhist figure in relief is flanked by the KM catalogue reference '380'. The composition combines colorized printing with fine proof relief work to highlight Zanabazar's dual legacy as a religious and artistic figure. |
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Zanabazar, born in 1635, was the first Jebtsundamba Khutughtu — the spiritual head of Mongolian Buddhism — and remains the most celebrated sculptor and artist in Mongolian history. His bronze castings of Tara and other bodhisattvas, produced in the late 17th century, are now held in the Zanabazar Fine Arts Museum in Ulaanbaatar and are considered the finest examples of classical Mongolian Buddhist art in existence.
He received the title "Undur Gegeen" — meaning "Sublime Illumination" — directly from the 5th Dalai Lama during his first journey to Tibet in 1649, at the age of fourteen.