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1 Franc Essai
| Issuer | Monnaie de Paris |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Marianne facing left, wearing a winged Phrygian cap, rendered in the classical Republican allegorical style. Four sailing ships appear in the background field, evoking maritime trade and colonial union. The legend encircling the obverse reads REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE and UNION FRANÇAISE, with the engraver's signature L.BAZOR and the ESSAI designation inscribed at the base along with the date 1948. |
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| Reverse description | Three conjoined zebu heads displayed en face at the center, their prominent lyre-shaped horns framing the denomination numeral and the word FRANC within the horn span. The central motif is flanked by two sprigs — a flowering plant to the left and a grain ear to the right — symbolizing the island's agricultural wealth. The legend MADAGASCAR curves along the lower rim within a beaded border, with the denomination 1 FRANC inscribed above the zebu heads. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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