Country of Origin: Niger
REPUBLIC OF NIGER
BARBARY SHEEP
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 66 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS WITH FLAGS; DATE BELOW; DENOMINATION ABOVE.
REV: A BARBARY SHEEP FACING IN FOREGROUND WITH TWO BEHIND.
KM # 9
IN 1958, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIFTH FRENCH REPUBLIC, NIGER BECAME AN AUTONOMOUS STATE OF THE FRENCH COMMUNITY. NIGER LEFT THE COMMUNITY, WITH FULL INDEPENDENCE, IN 1960.
THE BARBARY SHEEP FEATURED ON THE REVERSE OF THIS COIN, IS A GOAT-ANTELOPE NATIVE TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AFRICA, INCLUDING NIGER.
CONTAINS 8 GRAMS OF 900 FINE GOLD
0.2315 OZ AGW
1,000 MINTED
