Mongolia 2000 2500 tugrik
This specimen was lot 33490 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "MONGOLIA. 2500 Togrog, 2000. Lunar Series, Year of the Dragon. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. A SCARCE type that is not often encountered, this lunar issue presents a popular mythological animal type, the dragon." The various spellings of the Mongolian currency can cause confusion. Wikipedia comments, "The tögrög or tugrik (Mongolian Cyrillic: төгрөг, Mongolian script: ᠲᠥᠭᠦᠷᠢᠭ, transcription: tögürig; sign: ₮; code: MNT) is the official currency of Mongolia. It was historically subdivided into 100 möngö (мөнгө / ᠮᠥᠩᠭᠦ)." This appears to be a series, as coinage for the year of the snake was struck in 2001. Other denominations were made in silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 7.76 g, 0.999 fine gold, 22.5 mm diameter, 0.250 oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Schön-234, Fr-unlisted, KM-Unlisted.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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- Mongolia 1995 1000 tugrik, year of the pig, 1/10 oz gold
- Mongolia 1995 10000 tugrik year of the pig, 1 oz gold
- 2001 2500 tugrik, Year of the Snake, ¼ oz gold
- 2001 3000 tugrik, Year of the Snake, ¼ oz platinum
- Coins and currency dated 2000