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500 Tögrög Scorpion
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Монгол Банк ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 500 TӨГРӨГ MONGOLIA 25 gr 925 SILVER (Translation: The Bank of Mongolia Monggol Ulus (Mongolia) 500 Tögrög) |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Mongolia's commemorative silver program in the mid-2000s drew heavily on the country's native fauna, and the scorpion issue was part of that broader run aimed squarely at the thematic collector market. The series found a ready audience in Europe and Japan, where Mongolian wildlife coins were actively traded through specialty dealers.
KM#249 was struck at a relatively modest mintage under contract — Mongolia has no domestic mint capable of producing coins to this specification, with production handled by foreign facilities, most likely in the Czech Republic or Austria during this period.