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1000 Francs The Flirt
| Issuer | Republic of Niger |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER 1000 FRANCS CFA (Translation: Republic of Niger.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-color reproduction of Alphonse Mucha's celebrated Art Nouveau painting 'The Flirt' (1899), depicting a seated young woman in period dress facing a dapper gentleman in formal evening attire who leans attentively toward her, set against an ornate decorative background characteristic of Mucha's style. A small inset heart-shaped purple crystal gem is embedded at the lower center of the composition. The legend L'AMOUR NE VOIT PAS AVEC LES YEUX, MAIS AVEC L'ÂME arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering, and the date 2012 appears at the lower left within the colorized design. Decorative Art Nouveau floral and foliate cartouches frame the composition on the left and right sides. |
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Niger issued a series of colorized silver coins in the early 2010s aimed squarely at the European novelty collector market, with "The Flirt" belonging to a broader thematic run drawing on romanticized belle époque imagery. These pieces were produced under contract by a European mint and never circulated within Niger itself — the CFA franc zone makes a 1000-franc silver coin economically absurd as currency.