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2.25 Francs Doany leprosarium
| Issuer | Léproserie Municipale de Doany |
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| Year | 1921-1950 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Printed on blue paper, the obverse bears a single circular letterpress device in dark ink, centrally placed, enclosing the denomination '2F,25' in bold serif numerals. The surrounding legend reads 'LÉPROSERIE MUNICIPALE DE DOANY' around the ring. The remainder of the field is plain. |
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| Obverse lettering | LÈPROSERIE MUNICIPALE DE DOANY 2,25 F (Translation: Doany Municipal Leprosarium.) |
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Doany is a village in the Betsiboka region of northern Madagascar. The leprosarium there operated its own internal scrip — a closed-currency system common to French colonial medical institutions where patients were isolated indefinitely and required a medium of exchange that could not legally re-enter general circulation. The 2.25 Franc denomination is an oddity: fractional and non-standard, likely calibrated to a specific ration or canteen pricing structure rather than to the official franc system.
These notes almost never surface. Scrip from colonial leprosaria was deliberately contained — by policy and by public fear.