Catalog
5 Francs
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Composition | Aluminium |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of Marianne, the female personification of the French Republic, wearing a winged Phrygian cap adorned with the French tricolor cockade. Cargo ships are depicted in the background field behind the portrait. The legend REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE curves along the upper periphery, with the engraver's initials L.BAZOR and the date 1953 appearing in the lower field. On certain Essai (pattern) strikes, the word ESSAI appears vertically in the field behind the head and before the word FRANÇAISE. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date) |
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