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0,05 Franc
| Issuer | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | POSTES R F 5 c. MADAGASCAR ET DÉPENDANCES |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown tones on plain paper stock and presents a central vignette of a standing dog in profile, engraved in fine detail and signed by the engraver Turlot at the lower right. The vertical inscription Varifioventy appears along the left margin in letterpress. A denomination numeral and serial control block are printed to the right. |
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Madagascar's wartime small-denomination paper was a direct response to the hoarding of coins during the First World War — a phenomenon that hit French colonial territories hard, where metallic currency simply vanished from daily commerce. The 0,05 Franc was among several low-value emergency notes authorized to fill that gap, issued under the authority of the Gouvernement Général rather than a formal banking institution.
Turlot's engraving credit is an uncommon specificity for colonial emergency issues of this period, suggesting the printing was handled through established metropolitan channels despite the urgency of the need.