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10 Francs Doany leprosarium
| Issuer | Lèproserie Municipale de Doany |
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| Year | 1921-1950 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | LÈPROSERIE MUNICIPALE DE DOANY DIX FRANCS (Translation: Doany Municipal Leprosarium. Ten francs.) |
| Reverse description | Uniformly plain green paper with no printed text, vignette, or ornamental device of any kind. |
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Doany is a village in northern Madagascar, and the leprosarium there operated under French colonial municipal authority. Institutions like this one issued their own scrip — not as a monetary experiment, but as a practical containment measure. Residents were prohibited from using standard currency that might leave the colony and carry infection; internal tokens kept commerce strictly within the settlement's boundaries. The practice was widespread across colonial-era leprosy colonies in Africa and Asia throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
The issuing window of nearly three decades reflects administrative inertia more than continuous printing runs — a single print order often served the full lifespan of a series.