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100 Francs Terracotta Army of Xian

Issuer Niger
Year 2018
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Weight 0.5 g
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Obverse script Latin
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Niger has no historical connection to the Terracotta Army, and this piece exists purely as a bullion-adjacent collectible issued under Niger's liberal commemorative licensing arrangements — a common mechanism for small nations generating revenue through legal-tender novelty issues with no domestic circulation intent. The Terracotta Army itself was discovered in 1974 by farmers digging a well near Xi'an, and current estimates place the total figure count at over 8,000 soldiers, chariots, and horses buried with Qin Shi Huang around 210 BCE.

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