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.
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.