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1000 Tögrög Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Reverse description | A realistically rendered monkey is depicted seated in profile on a flat rectangular base at center, facing left, with its tail curling beneath it. The legend YEAR OF THE MONKEY arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin lettering, flanked on either side by decorative parallel line ornaments. The date 1992 appears in the lower field below the base, with a small mint mark visible beneath it. The composition is set against a highly polished proof field within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1992 - - 2,000 |
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Mongolia's early 1990s commemorative gold program was launched almost immediately after the country shed Soviet-era single-party rule in 1990, with the Bank of Mongolia issuing a series of lunar-themed pieces partly to generate hard currency through Western numismatic markets. The Year of the Monkey falls within the first cycle of that program, making 1992 one of the earliest years the newly independent central bank operated with full autonomous authority over its coinage contracts.
These were struck to one-troy-ounce specifications, almost certainly by a European contract mint rather than domestically, as Mongolia had no facility capable of producing fine gold coinage at the time.