The obverse of the Mongolia silver 500-tugrik coin, which depicts a wolverine with diamond eyes. The theme of the coin is Wildlife Protection.

The reverse of the Mongolia silver 500-tugrik coin. This coin won the silver Coin of the Year honors at the World Money Fair in Berlin earlier this year.

I found an interesting article on the front page of Numismatic News.

This year at the World Money Fair, which was held in Berlin, the Coin of the Year honors went to Mongolia for its silver 500-tugrik coin, which depicts a wolverine with diamond eyes. The theme of the coin is Wildlife Protection.

The award was presented on Feb.7, 2009, by David C. Harper on behalf of World Coin News, sponsor of the award and sister publication to Numismatic News. The winner of the Most Historically Significant Coin was the U.S. One Dollar Silver from the U.S. Mint, commemorating The Founding of Jamestown in 1607.

In all there were 10 major categories of winners: Most Historically Significant won by the United States, Best Trade Coins, won by Italian State Mint; Best Contemporary Event Coin, won by U.S. Mint, which depicted desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957; Best Gold Coin was won by Royal Danish Mint; Most Artistic Coin was won by Austrian Mint; Best Silver Coin, as we said before, was won by the National Bank of Mongolia; Most Innovative Coin (50 dollar silver) won by Pobjoy Mint for British Virgin Islands; Best Crown Coin (20 Ruble Silver) was won by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus; Most Inspirational Coin (1,000 Rubles) was won by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus with religious theme.

How wonderful this event must have been, bringing together all of these countries, some once under Communism and now experiencing their individualities.

Ed McDonough is a Worthologist who specializes in coins.

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