MADAGASCAR-5 FRANCS
Original price was: ₹140.00.₹70.00Current price is: ₹70.00.
Issuer                Madagascar
Period               French Overseas Territory (1946-1958)
Type                 Standard circulation coin
Year                 1953
Value                5 Francs
Currency             CFA franc (1945-1963)
Composition          Aluminium
Weight               3.8 g
Diameter             31 mm
Shape                Round
Technique            Milled
Orientation           Coin alignment ??
Demonetized         Yes
Out of stock
Obverse
Female personification of the French Republic (Marianne), wearing winged phrygian cap with French tricolor left. Cargo ships in background.
NOTE: The ESSAI on some coins is vertical behind the head and in front of FRANÇAISE
Script: Latin
Lettering:
REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
L.BAZOR G.B.
1953
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor Read more on Wikipedia
Reverse
Value above three conjoined Zebu heads, flanked by sprays, value within horns
Script: Latin
Lettering:
5
FRANCS
MADAGASCAR
Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor Read more on Wikipedia
Edge
Plain
Mint
Paris, France (600-1973)
Mintmark of Paris
Mark
wing Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Paris (1931-1958)
