Catalog
100 Francs - Provisional 'Institut d'Émission' Overprint Issue
| Issuer | Institut d'Émission Malgache |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Designer(s) | Lorain |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter portrait of a young Malagasy man, engraved in fine intaglio by P. Dubreuil, occupies the left portion of the note, while the central and right background carries a coastal vignette with traditional outrigger sailing vessels on calm water beneath a mountainous horizon; zebu cattle graze in the lower right foreground. The upper border retains the original 'BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR ET DES COMORES' legend of the underlying note, and an anti-counterfeiting warning panel appears in the lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR ET DES COMORES 100 LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCES A PERPETUITE LORAIN FEC. DUBREUIL SC. |
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Madagascar gained independence in June 1960, but the monetary transition lagged behind the political one. This note is a stopgap: an existing Banque de France–produced 100 Francs note for the Institut d'Émission des États de l'Afrique Équatoriale et du Cameroun overprinted with the Institut d'Émission Malgache authority to cover the gap before purpose-designed Malagasy issues could be produced and distributed.
Beltrand was one of the Banque de France's most accomplished intaglio engravers of the postwar period, responsible for obverse work across numerous French colonial issues. Dubreuil handled the reverse.