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500 Tögrög Olympic Games 2000 - Wrestlers
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES 2000 1998 |
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Mongolia fielded wrestlers at the Sydney 2000 Games with genuine competitive expectations — Mongolian freestyle wrestling had been a consistent Olympic presence since 1968, and the national program treated the Sydney cycle as a priority. This coin was issued two years ahead of the Games as part of a broader commemorative program that Mongolia, like many smaller nations, used partly as a revenue mechanism through collector sales rather than circulation.
The .500 fineness is notably low for a commemorative silver issue of this period, a deliberate cost-reduction choice common in Mongolian numismatic programs of the late 1990s.