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1000 Francs Fennec
| Issuer | Niger |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Niger.) |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed, full-color depiction of a fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) occupies the central field, rendered in vivid polychrome enamel and positioned facing the viewer against a richly colored desert landscape background featuring sandy dunes and a rocky archway. To the left of the fox, a large thorny desert plant is depicted in silver relief, providing textural contrast to the colored elements. A luminescent inlaid gemstone representing the moon or sun is set in the upper left portion of the field, adding a three-dimensional decorative element. The legend MAGNIFIQUE ANIMAUX AFRICANS arcs along the lower periphery in raised Latin lettering, with the date 2013 incorporated into the design. A beaded border frames the entire composition. |
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Niger adopted the CFA franc as its currency through membership in the West African Economic and Monetary Union, meaning this coin was issued by a state that conducts no independent monetary policy — the BCEAO in Dakar controls supply and rates. Collector issues like this one are among the few instruments through which member states can produce nationally branded coinage at all.
The fennec is native to the Sahara and is the national animal of neighboring Algeria, not Niger — an unusual choice for a Nigerien issue, though not unheard of in the themed silver programs produced for the collector market during this period.