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100 Francs Sovereign Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Republic of Niger |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylised homage to the classic British gold Sovereign of Queen Elizabeth II, depicting within the field two overlapping circular coin representations: on the left, a laureate portrait bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing left with the partial legend REGINA ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA, and on the right, the iconic reverse design of Saint George on horseback slaying the dragon after Benedetto Pistrucci, with the date 1957 in an oval exergue. Radiating lines in the background field evoke a sunburst motif. The arc legend MOST FAMOUS GOLD COINS runs along the upper periphery, and the inscription 1 SOVEREIGN ELIZABETH II appears along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | MOST FAMOUS GOLD COINS +ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINA·F:D: 1957 1 SOVEREIGN ELIZABETH II (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith.) |
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A 40mm gold coin weighing 0.16g is physically absurd — the metal value is negligible, the geometry impossible by any conventional minting standard. This is almost certainly a gold-plated base metal piece miscatalogued under a gold composition, a common data error with low-cost commemorative issues from Niger that pass through secondary market aggregators without physical verification. Niger itself has issued dozens of such pieces since the mid-2010s through licensing arrangements with European minting houses, primarily targeting the novelty collector market rather than any domestic monetary function.