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0,10 Franc
| Issuer | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Currency | Franc (1900-1945) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in carmine-red and black, with a central vignette of Malagasy agricultural workers in a rural landscape with a town visible in the background. The denomination "10c." appears in a black-framed box at lower left, flanked by guilloche border elements. The initials "R" and "F" (République Française) are positioned at upper left and right respectively, with "POSTES" across the top and "MADAGASCAR et DÉPENDANCES" along the bottom panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain cream paper and carries a central intaglio vignette of a zebu (Malagasy humpbacked cattle) standing in profile facing left. The denomination "0,10" is printed vertically at the right edge, and the Malagasy word "Ilavoamena" appears vertically along the left margin. |
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Madagascar's 1916 fractional notes were an emergency response to a severe wartime coin shortage. With metropolitan France diverting metal to munitions production, small-change coinage essentially disappeared from circulation across French colonial territories. These low-denomination paper fractions — issued under direct government authority rather than through a colonial bank — were a stopgap, intended to last only until coin supplies normalized.
The "Dependencies" designation in the issuing authority reflects French administrative grouping of Madagascar with the Comoros at the time. Pick 17 is among the smallest denominations in this emergency series, which ran from 0,05 to 1 Franc.