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1 Kirobo
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Currency | Franc |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Queen Ranavalona III facing left, her hair arranged in elaborate curls and adorned with a floral diadem, wearing a drop earring. A circular legend runs along the inner border of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The 1 Kirobo sits within Madagascar's brief window of official coinage under Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch before French colonial annexation in 1896. Paris-struck issues of this period were authorized by the Merina kingdom as it attempted to modernize state finances under mounting European pressure — a project cut short when France declared a protectorate in 1885 and then absorbed the island entirely a decade later. Surviving pieces in collectible condition are genuinely scarce; most circulated hard in a cash-poor highland economy.