Catalog
100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de Madagascar |
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| Year | 1928-1950 |
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| Value | 100 Francs (100 MGG) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette composed of two figures in traditional dress: at left, a man facing right and holding a staff, and at right, a woman facing left accompanied by a child reaching towards the man. Two additional figures are visible from behind in the background, rendered in an intaglio pastoral style characteristic of Banque de France engraving of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR 100 Le Contròleur Général Le Directeur Général CENT FRANCS H. CAYON DEL. E. GASPÉ SC (Translation: BANK OF MADAGASCAR 100 General Controller (signature) General Director (signature) ONE HUNDRED FRANCS) |
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The Banque de Madagascar was established in 1925 as the island's sole note-issuing authority, replacing the earlier role played by the Banque de France directly. This 100 Francs note spans a remarkably long issue window — over two decades — during which Madagascar remained under French colonial administration through the turbulence of the Second World War, including the 1942 British invasion of the island and the subsequent Free French takeover.
Gaspérini and Deloche were both staff engravers at the Banque de France's printing works in Paris, and their division of labor across obverse and reverse was typical of how that institution allocated engraving responsibility on colonial issues during the interwar period.