Mongolia 500 Togrog Gold Coin 2014 Wild horse
Commemorative issue: Mongolian Nature Series
The popular Mongolian Nature series is renowned for the distinct and unique eye-catching design of its artistically innovative coins. Featuring the Mongolian horse, this 500 togrog coin is struck of .9999 pure gold in proof quality and has got the mintage of 15 000 pieces worldwide.Obverse: The obverse represents the Bank of Mongolia emblem and the inscriptions indicating the face value of the coin, the metal purity and weight.
Lettering: Mонгол Банк 500 ТӨГРӨГ 0.5 gr .9999 GOLD.
Translation: The Bank of Mongolia - Monggol Ulus (Mongolia) 500 Tögrög.
Reverse: Wild horse.
The coin designers took maximum advantage of the proof mintage technology - the relief image of a prancing Mongolian horse against the shiny polished surface.
Lettering: MONGOLIAN NATURE 2014 EQUUS FERUS.
Country: Mongolia.
Year: 2014.
Face Value: 500 Togrog.
Metal: Gold.
Fineness: .9999.
Weight: 0.5 g.
Diameter: 11 mm.
Mintage: 15000.
Quality: Proof.
There are over 3 million horses in Mongolia and therefore about the same amount as the entire human population. Nowhere in the world is the ratio of horses to people as high as in Mongolia.
Mongolian horses are small and sturdy measuring 1.25 to 1.45 metres. The Mongolian horse is kept outdoors throughout the year and therefore has to bear temperatures up to 30°C in summer and -40°C in winter.
The origins of the Mongolian horse lie way back. Central Asian nomadic people already used riding horses 3000 years ago. Studies show that the Mongolian horse has the greatest genetic diversity worldwide from which many of today’s horse breeds originate.
The Mongolian national drink Airag is gained from the mare’s milk. It tastes sour and tingling at the same time and is an everyday form of nourishment among Asian steppe people.
Mongolian Nature Series
Wild horse Falco Cherrug
The wild horse (Equus ferus) is a species of the genus Equus, which includes as subspecies the modern domesticated horse (Equus ferus caballus) as well as the undomesticated tarpan (Equus ferus ferus), now extinct, and the endangered Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii). Przewalski's horse was saved from the brink of extinction and reintroduced successfully to the wild. The tarpan became extinct in the 19th century, though it was a possible ancestor of the domestic horse, and roamed the steppes of Eurasia at the time of domestication. However, other subspecies of Equus ferus may have existed and could have been the stock from which domesticated horses are descended. Since the extinction of the tarpan, attempts have been made to reconstruct its phenotype, resulting in horse breeds such as the Konik and Heck horse. However, the genetic makeup and foundation bloodstock of those breeds is substantially derived from domesticated horses, so these breeds possess domesticated traits.
The term "wild horse" is also used colloquially to refer to free-roaming herds of feral horses such as the mustang in the United States, the brumby in Australia, and many others. These feral horses are untamed members of the domestic horse subspecies (Equus ferus caballus), and should not be confused with the two truly "wild" horse subspecies extant into modern times.