Country:

Madagascar

Series:

1897~1958 French Colony

Catalog codes:

World Coins km3

Themes:

Animals (Fauna) | Cattle | Legends | Mammals | Plants (Flora) | Women

Issued on:

1948

Last issue date:

1958

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Monnaie de Paris (A), Paris, France

Composition:

Aluminium

Edge:

Plain/smooth

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

1.3 grams

Diameter:

23 mm

Thickness:

1.6 mm

Face value:

1 Fmg - Malagasy franc

Known mintage:

10,002,104

Composition Details:

~ 99% aluminium

Score:

45% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: Bust of a zebu (Bos taurus indicus)
in front of 2 mirrored busts between (top, value) 1 FRANC
(left) plant (right) crob
legend: (colony name) MADAGASCAR
Back: Bust French lady "Libertine" (left) with Phrygian cap with wings
in front of ships in a harbor
designer: (lower-left) L.BAZOR (Lucien, lower-right) GB
legend: (proprietor, left) REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
(right) UNION FRANÇAISE
(bottom-left, mint director's privy mark) Cornucopia (c, Paris Mint)
(bottom, year) 1948 or 1958
(bottom-right, Engraver general's privy mark)
Wing (w, Lucien Bazor, 1931-1958)
Owl (o, Raymond Joly, 1958-1974)
Edge: P - plain, type: П