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100 Francs Napoleon Bonaparte
| Issuer | Niger |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Niger centrally in the field, comprising a shield charged with a sun and a head of a Sahelian ox, flanked by two pairs of crossed spears and supported by three millet stalks, with a ribbon scroll below bearing the legend REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER. The country name REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 100 FRANCS CFA is inscribed in two lines across the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Niger issued this piece under its membership in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, whose member states retain the right to authorize commemorative coinage despite having no independent monetary policy — the CFA franc, not the gold piece, does the actual work of commerce. The Napoleon Bonaparte commemorative series to which this belongs was produced by a European private mint and sold primarily to the collector market, never touching West African soil in any meaningful circulation sense.
At 0.5 grams, the gold content is fractional enough that melt value barely registers.