| Coin | Silver Ounce 2022 Wild Mongolia - Magnificent Argali |
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The currency of Mongolia since 1925 has been the tögrög, which currently circulates mostly as banknotes due to the low value of earlier coins and the reluctance of the government to issue large denomination coins; however, the government has authorises many non-circulating legal tender (NCLT) coins to be issued for collector's purposes.
Collector coins are dedicated to historical or general popular culture themes and are often not related to the country itself. Many of them are in standard bullion sizes, including the internationally popular one ounce of silver format.
The Magnificent Argali is the third design in the Wild Mongolia collection by CIT.
The mint says about it:
The argali (Mongolian for ram) is the largest species of wild sheep that roams the highlands of western East Asia, the Himalayas, Tibet, and the Altai Mountains. They can stand up to 135 cm high and measuring up to 200 cm long. They are adapted to great cold, aridity and very high elevations up to 5800 m. Adult argali eat 16-19 kg of food a day, predominantly grass. The main predators of argali are Himalayan wolves and leopards. They are long-legged runners that escape predators primarily by speedy flight.
Argali are considered a near threatened species, due to domestic livestock ranching and hunting as the lure to gather a trophy specimen is strong among sports-hunters. They are hunted for both their meat and their horns, used in traditional Chinese medicine. Males have two large corkscrew shaped horns, some measuring 190 cm in total length and weighing up to 23 kg. Males use their horns for competing with each another. Females also carry horns, but they are much smaller. |
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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. There is a variation from the official logo: the name of the Central Bank of Mongolia is written below the figure as MongolBank in Latin script, and not as МонголБанк in Cyrillic which is the official script of the Mongolian language and the way the name is normally written on the logo.
On 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 1 oz .999 SILVER (one troy ounce of 99.9% silver).
The circle containing the logo and inscriptions is small. The rest of the design depicts a pair of ram's horns on a background of a Mongolian style geometric pattern. The date of issue 2022 is hidden in the ornaments below. |
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The reverse design depicts two close-up images of a ram's head: in the foreground on the right, the ram faces left; in the background, a ram facing the viewer.
There is no inscription. |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Finish: proof, smartminting (Ultra High Relief).
CIT Item ID: 29864. |
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| See also |
Coins in the Wild Mongolia series include:
- 1 oz Gold, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 1/10 oz Gold, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 1 kg Silver, Majestic Eagle, 2021
- 3 oz Silver, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 2 oz Silver, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 1 oz Silver, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 50 g Copper, Majestic Eagle, 2020
- 1 oz Platinum, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 1 oz Gold, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 1/10 oz Gold, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 3 oz Silver, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 2 oz Silver, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 1 oz Silver, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 50 g Copper, Mystic Wolf, 2021
- 1 oz Platinum, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 1 oz Gold, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 1/10 oz Gold, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 3 oz Silver, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 2 oz Silver, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 1 oz Silver, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 50 g Copper, Magnificent Argali, 2022
- 1 oz Platinum, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 1 oz Gold, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 1/10 oz Gold, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 3 oz Silver, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 2 oz Silver, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 1 oz Silver, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
- 50 g Copper, Mongolian Falcon, 2023
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