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1500 Francs Gadoufaoua
| Issuer | Niger |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1500 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Niger occupies the central field, depicting a shield flanked by decorative supporters. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU NIGER arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1500 FRANCS CFA is inscribed along the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gadoufaoua, in the Ténéré Desert of northern Niger, is one of the world's most concentrated fossil sites — the locality where Paul Sereno's expeditions in the 1990s recovered near-complete skeletons of Nigersaurus and Sarcosuchus imperator, the so-called SuperCroc. This coin is part of a broader African numismatic program producing small-format gold pieces tied to natural heritage themes, typically issued for collector export rather than domestic circulation. Niger itself has no meaningful gold coin tradition for everyday use.