100 Francs Terracotta Army of Xian

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.