Silver Ounce 2007 Soviet Space - 50 Years Space Exploration, Coin from Mongolia - detailed information

The obverse of the coin depicts the logo of Mongolbank (the Bank of Mongolia), which is formed as a round coin on a lotus bouquet associated with purity, delicacy and stability. Three fire flames and a blooming flower are located inside the coin. The figure symbolises eternal development and youth and the three flames represent the main national treasures. At the nominal value location the Soyombo symbol is positioned, representative of the Mongol ethnicity. The name of the Central Bank of Mongolia is written below the figure: МонголБанк in Cyrillic, which is the official script of the Mongolian language.

On the the two sides of the logo, vertically, the inscription Mongol Uls in the traditional Mongolian script.

Below the logo, on two lines the face value: 500 TӨГРӨГ (five hundred Tögrög, alternatively spelled Tugrik).

Around below, the name of the issuing country and the metal content: MONGOLIA 1oz .999 SILVER (one troy ounce of 99.9% silver).

The reverse design of the coin is coloured and shows some iconic images related to Soviet space exploration. Above: Спутник 1 (Sputnik 1), the first artificial Earth satellite (launched on 4 October 1957), and Буран (Buran) - a space shuttle which only flew once, in 1988.

Below, the portraits of Константиин Циолковский (Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; 1857 - 1935) - a Russian and Soviet rocket scientist who pioneered astronautic theory; Юрий Гагарин (Yuri Gagarin; 1934 - 1968) - the first man in space (1961); and Сергей Королёв (Sergei Korolev; 1907 - 1966) - a lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer.

Around below, the inscription 50 ЛЕТ КОСМОНАВТИКИ 1957 - 2007 (translated from Russian: 50 years of space exploration).

Finish: proof, coloured.
CIT Item ID: 22682