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500 Tögrög Year of the Monkey
| Issuer | Mongolia |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Mongolian |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic macaque monkey is depicted seated in three-quarter view upon a gnarled branch, rendered in high sculptural relief against a mirror-field background. A brief inscription in traditional Mongolian script appears to the upper left of the central motif. The central design is encircled by a beaded inner border, outside of which a continuous decorative band features multiple smaller monkeys in active poses amid stylised foliate scrollwork. The outer border repeats the geometric meander pattern consistent with the obverse, unifying the coin's overall design. |
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Part of a broader series Mongolia issued through the early 2000s tied to the Chinese lunar calendar — an unusual alignment for a nation whose own traditional calendar shares the twelve-animal cycle but under a distinct Mongolian framework. The monkey year series attracted strong collector demand across East Asia, and Mongolia's mint leveraged that market deliberately, targeting buyers well beyond its own borders.