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1000 Francs Railway from the Mediterranean to Niger
| Issuer | Niger |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed rendering of a diesel locomotive is depicted in left profile occupying the central field, with a large stylized tree rising prominently in the background above the engine. The arc legend 'CHEMIN DE FER DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE AU NIGER' curves along the upper periphery. The year of issue '2012' appears to the right in the field, while the historical date range '1941-1967' is inscribed in larger characters along the lower exergue, commemorating the operational period of the trans-Saharan railway project. |
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Niger issued this coin as part of a broader wave of African commemorative silver struck not for domestic circulation but almost entirely for the European and Asian collector market — a revenue model that became a primary income stream for several Sahelian states with no meaningful numismatic tradition of their own. The piece references trans-Saharan rail ambitions that stretch back to French colonial planning, when 19th-century engineers proposed linking the Mediterranean coast to the Niger River basin by rail — a project that was never completed and remains unfinished to this day.