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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de Madagascar et des Comores |
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| Year | 1960-1963 |
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| Printer | Banque de France, Paris |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio portrait of a young Malagasy woman in three-quarter view is rendered with fine engraving; the Queen's Palace (Rova) of Antananarivo appears as a background vignette at upper left, accompanied by a foreground arrangement of tropical fruits and produce. An octagonal watermark window occupies the left field, with ornamental guilloche borders along each vertical edge, and the red overprint COMORES applied to the lower right. The denomination CENT FRANCS is set in bold letterpress at the foot of the note, framed by the issuer title across the top margin. |
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| Reverse description | At left, an intaglio bust of a young man in three-quarter profile, engraved by Dubreuil, is set against a central coastal landscape vignette of traditional outrigger sailing vessels on calm waters with mountainous headlands in the distance. A group of zebu cattle accompanied by a herdsman occupies the lower right foreground. A geometric border panel runs along the left margin, and the counterfeit warning legend is contained within a panel at lower left. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE MADAGASCAR ET DES COMORES 100 LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES TRAVAUX FORCÉS À PERPÉTUITÉ LORAIN FEC. DUBREUIL SC. |
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