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50 Centimes
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Engraver(s) | Coert Laurens Steynberg |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The Cross of Lorraine, symbol of the Free French Forces, dominates the centre of the field, flanked on either side by decorative foliate scrolls. Above the cross, a curved ribbon banner carries the legend 'LIBERTE·EGALITE·FRATERNITE' in two lines, while 'HONNEUR' appears at the left and 'PATRIE' at the right along the inner periphery. The denomination '50 Cmes' is inscribed to the lower right of the cross, with the date '1943' in the exergue flanked by small floral ornaments, and the engraver's initials 'C.L.S' appear below the cross. The whole is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Madagascar had no local coinage before 1943. This issue was authorized by the Free French authorities after the British-led Operation Ironclad seized the island from Vichy control in 1942, cutting off the colony from metropolitan French monetary supply chains. Struck at the Pretoria Mint in South Africa — one of several Allied mints pressed into service for French colonial emergency issues during the war — the coin bears no mint mark identifying its origin.