50 Francs

Issuer Madagascar
Year 1926-1950
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 50 Francs (50 MGG)
Currency Madagascar Franc (1925-1945)
Composition Paper
Size 175 × 120 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Banque de France, France
Designer(s) Léon Glaize
Engraver(s) Charles-Jules Robert
In circulation to
Reference(s) P#38
Obverse description On the left, Minerva seated holding her shield with her left hand, on the right, Vesta goddess of the domestic hearth seated. In the center at the bottom, the watermark in a round cartouche.
Obverse lettering Banque de Madagascar cinquante francs LÉON GLAIZE DEL JULES ROBERT SC
Reverse description Bust of Demeter in front in the center, three cherubs offering him various fruit and flower cereals. In the background two planispheres representing the earth on the left and the constellations on the right. Article 139 of the penal code repeated in two rectangular cartridges to the right and to the left.
Reverse lettering LÉON GLAIZE DEL JULES ROBERT SC
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Numisquare ID 6878676960
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