20 Francs

Features

Issuer	Madagascar
Period	French Union (1946-1958)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1953
Value	20 Francs
Currency	CFA franc (1945-1963)
Composition	Aluminium bronze
Weight	4 g
Diameter	23.2 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 4067
References	KM# 7 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Lec# 112 Jean Lecompte; 2007. Monnaies et jetons des colonies françaises = Coins and Tokens of the French Colonies (2^nd Edition). Éditions Victor Gadoury, Monaco, Monaco.

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Obverse

Female personification of the French Republic, wearing winged Phrygian cap with French tricolor left. Cargo ships in background
NOTE: The ESSAI on some coins is vertical behind the head and in front of FRANCAISE

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
L.BAZOR GB
1953

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

Value above horns of a Zebu bull. Floral ornaments and native designs around. Map outline with sea waves above value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
FRANCS
MADAGASCAR

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1953			15 000 000			$ 2.30	$ 3.40	$ 4.90	$ 5.20	$ 8.40

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