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5 Francs - Ranavalona III Type 2
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Reference(s) | Lec#30 |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a bold double-barred cross with squared terminals, enclosed within an ornate dotted crescent or interlaced vesica frame adorned with four-petalled rosettes at each cardinal and diagonal point. The date 1895 appears at the top of the field flanked by crescent moon symbols, with the full royal Malagasy name RABODONANDRIANIMPOINIMERINA distributed around the periphery in Latin lettering, reading clockwise from upper right. A milled border rings the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ranavalona III issued this coin just as French pressure on the Merina kingdom was becoming impossible to resist. The 1895 date places it in the final months of Madagascar's independence — French forces entered Antananarivo in September of that year, and the queen was deposed and eventually exiled to Réunion, then Algiers, where she died in 1917. Coins from this issue saw almost no meaningful circulation before the protectorate was established.
Lecompte 30 is the scarcer of the two 5-franc types, distinguished from the first by subtle differences in the legend spacing and die execution.