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500 Tögrög Troops of Chinggis Khan
| Issuer | Bank of Mongolia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | Монгол Банк ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 500 TOGROG MONGOLIA 1/25 OZ 999.9 GOLD 2000 (Translation: The Bank of Mongolia Monggol Ulus (Mongolia)) |
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| Reverse lettering | TROOPS OF CHINGGIS-KHAN 2000 1162-1227 |
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Issued at the turn of the millennium, this piece belongs to a broader Mongolian commemorative program capitalizing on the 2000 anniversary marketing cycle — though Chinggis Khan's birth date remains genuinely disputed among historians, with estimates ranging from 1155 to 1167. The Bank of Mongolia was prolific in this period with small-format gold issues aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation.
At 1.24 g, these were never intended to function as trade gold. Production was almost certainly handled by a contracted European mint, as Mongolia lacked domestic precious-metal striking capacity at the time.