5000 Francs
Features
| Issuer |
Madagascar
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Madagascar (Banque de Madagascar) |
| Period |
Free France (1940-1945)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1942 |
| Value | 5000 Francs (5000 MGG) |
| Currency | Madagascar Franc (1925-1945) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 200 × 100 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 203788 |
| References | P# 44 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Stylized Zebu in the center, a second one on the right. Various geometric shapes inspired by alohala, decorate the vignette.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Banque de Madagascar
5000
cinq mille francs
Engraver: Urbain Forec
Reverse
In the center, a woman holding a basket of fruit, on the left, a team of zebus at rest, baobabs and a village on a hill. On the right, men loading a pirogue, a boat and a ravinala in the background.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
Banque de Madagascar
P. Bleger
Designer: Paul-Léon Bléger
Comments
Local printing. In July 1971 there remained 10 bills not returned in bank. Only one copy issued is known. This copy illustrates the Kolsky.
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1942-Apr-30 | 20 000 | (fr) P-44a | |||||||||||||
| 1942-Apr-30 | (fr) P-44s spécimen | ||||||||||||||
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