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5 Francs Doany leprosarium
| Issuer | Lèproserie Municipale de Doany |
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| Year | 1921-1950 |
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| Composition | Paper (blue) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light blue stock bearing a central circular letterpress stamp in dark ink. The denomination CINQ FRANCS is set in bold capitals at the centre, enclosed by a circular legend reading LÈPROSERIE MUNICIPALE DE DOANY. No additional vignette or ornamental elements are present. |
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| Reverse description | Uniformly plain light blue paper with no printed text, vignette, or ornamental elements; reverse is entirely blank. |
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Doany is a village in northern Madagascar, and the leprosarium there operated under French colonial administration as a medically isolated community — effectively a closed economy. Notes like this one circulated exclusively within the colony's boundaries as a practical tool of segregation: residents could not use ordinary currency outside, and outside currency was not permitted in. The system kept patients contained as much as it kept their money contained.
Madagascar produced several leprosarium issues across different sites during this period. Doany's are among the less documented.