Mongolia 2007 500 tugrik KM-212

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75391

This specimen was lot 75391 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $576. The catalog description^[1] noted, "MONGOLIA. 500 Tugrik, 2007. PCGS MS-69. Wolverine design with crystal eyes. An exquisite example of the type." This denomination was used for numerous NCLT's in 2007 (KM 212, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 322 and 325). This is an early example of the fad for affixing foreign objects (Swarovski crystals in this case) to coins. It was struck at B. H. Mayer’s Kunstprägeanstalt in Munich. The denomination is sometimes spelled 500 tögrög.

Recorded mintage: 2,500.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 38 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-212.

Source:

• 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, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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