500 Tögrög Sumo

Mongolia issued a short series of fractional gold coins in the late 1990s targeting the collector market, and this sumo-themed piece was part of that run timed loosely to coincide with growing pan-Asian sport diplomacy. The weight corresponds to 1/40 troy ounce, a format used by several mints during this period to produce accessible gold at low face-value premiums.

Mongolian wrestlers have long dominated international sumo — Dolgorsürengiin Dagvadorj and others who followed helped make the sport a point of national pride well before this coin was struck.