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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de Madagascar et des Comores |
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| Year | 1950-1953 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, France |
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| Reverse lettering | L`ARTICLE 139 DU CODE PÉNAL PUNIT DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS A PERPÉTUITÉ CEUX QUI AURONT CONTREFAIT OU FALSIFIÉ LES BILLETS DE BANQUES AUTORISÉES PAR LA LOI W. FEL FEC. G. RÉGNIER SC. (Translation: ARTICLE 139 OF THE PENAL CODE PENALIZES FORCED LABOR IN PERPETUITY THOSE WHO HAVE COUNTERFEIT OR FALSIFIED BANKNOTES) |
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| Protection description | Head of a woman in profile |
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The Banque de Madagascar et des Comores was itself a transitional institution — created in 1950 to replace the Caisse Centrale de la France d'Outre-Mer as the note-issuing authority for both territories, it operated during a politically charged period following the brutal suppression of the 1947 Malagasy uprising. This 1000-franc series was among the first issued under that new mandate.
Beltrand was one of the Banque de France's most accomplished engravers of the mid-century, and Fel's design work appeared across multiple French colonial series of the period — the same artistic infrastructure served Indochina, West Africa, and the Indian Ocean territories almost interchangeably.