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100 Francs Petra
| Issuer | Niger |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER 100 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Niger.) |
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| Reverse lettering | * MERVEILLES DU MONDE MODERNE * 2014 AU .999 * LA VILLE DE ROCHER DE PÉTRA * (Translation: Wonders of the Modern World. The Rock City of Petra.) |
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Niger has issued a long-running series of miniature gold coins under the "Petra" name, each tied to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Jordanian city of Petra — carved by the Nabataean Arabs into rose-red sandstone cliffs and flourishing as a trading hub from roughly the 4th century BC — was largely unknown to the Western world until Johann Ludwig Burckhardt located it in 1812 by disguising himself as a Muslim pilgrim.
KM#44 is among the smallest gold coins in active catalog circulation, a format Niger's treasury has used to attract the bullion novelty market rather than domestic commerce.