| Description de l’avers |
At right, an intaglio portrait of a young Malagasy woman in three-quarter view is rendered with fine engraving; the Queen's Palace (Rova) of Antananarivo appears as a background vignette at upper left, accompanied by a foreground arrangement of tropical fruits and produce. An octagonal watermark window occupies the left field, with ornamental guilloche borders along each vertical edge, and the red overprint COMORES applied to the lower right. The denomination CENT FRANCS is set in bold letterpress at the foot of the note, framed by the issuer title across the top margin. |
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| Description du revers |
At left, an intaglio bust of a young man in three-quarter profile, engraved by Dubreuil, is set against a central coastal landscape vignette of traditional outrigger sailing vessels on calm waters with mountainous headlands in the distance. A group of zebu cattle accompanied by a herdsman occupies the lower right foreground. A geometric border panel runs along the left margin, and the counterfeit warning legend is contained within a panel at lower left. |
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The Banque de Madagascar et des Comores was itself a transitional institution — created in 1950 to replace the Banque de la France d'Outre-Mer's local functions, it continued issuing notes well after Madagascar's independence in June 1960, a common arrangement under French monetary agreements that allowed colonial-era banking structures to persist for years into the independence period. Three signature combinations appear across this series, reflecting successive administrative appointments rather than distinct emission dates.
Beltrand came from a distinguished family of wood engravers; his work for the Banque de France spanned decades.