Madagascar

WillieBoyd2

Madagascar


Madagascar 1 Franc 1948 (French)


Madagascar 2 Francs 1948 (French)


Madagascar 5 Francs 1953 (French)


Madagascar 10 Francs 1953 (French)


Madagascar 20 Francs 1953 (French)


Madagascar 1 Franc 1965 (Malagasy Republic)


Madagascar 2 Francs 1965 (Malagasy Republic)

SaorAlba

Very nice examples of a colonial era coinage, and stunning designs.

lordmarcovan

Cool stuff. You've been showing off some really neat "countries you don't see everyday" material. I like those postwar French colonial aluminums. Just gave one to a forum friend- forget which country it was from.

Even more recently, I found another interesting one in a bulk lot, just a couple days ago. It was from a country I hadn't had previously. I'm not an OFEC (one-from-each-country) collector, but I set it aside in case somebody else was interested in it. What was that one? Hmm... oh, yeah. It was St. Pierre & Miquelon.

Hussulo

I've never seen coins from there before, thanks for sharing. Coincidently also my daughters favourite film.

WorldTypeSet

Excellent thread. We want more.

spoon

I've always wanted one of the ones with the rooster.. I remember gmcoin had some in red BU for like a $15 BIN back in 2003.. and I was too broke at the time to get one.. that's how much I want one! (they can be pricey nowadays)

And, good news for anyone with the colonial aluminum.. gmarguli was able to extract crazy money for these recently:
1958 MADAGASCAR FRANC PCGS MS66 -- $37.67
1948 MADAGASCAR 2 FRANCS PCGS MS65 -- $76.01

WorldTypeSet

And, good news for anyone with the colonial aluminum.. gmarguli was able to extract crazy money for these recently:
1958 MADAGASCAR FRANC PCGS MS66 -- $37.67
1948 MADAGASCAR 2 FRANCS PCGS MS65 -- $76.01

I bought the 2 Franc. I know I overpaid for a nice example of a very common inexpensive coin, but it will go well with my 1 Franc. I like buying from Greg ... he's got a good eye.

Stork

That 1953 one looks particularly good...

And if you want to go really crazy, go for their essais and essai/pieforts those go for pretty change sometimes too. Airplanenut sold a bunch of those awhile back too.

For St. Pierre/Miquelon you can basically do the whole country in 6 coins-- regular issue, essai and essai/piefort. I think the only one I still need (excuse me, "need") is the 2 Franc essai. Then I will have completed and entire country set .

I love those mid-20th century French colonial types, though I'm never sure exactly what to call them. Nice, if not gem, ones can be pretty cheap, fun to look for, and the designs are pretty cool. I have a bunch in my box at home.

As for the recent ebay ones, yup, gmarguli gets good prices on these--trust me, I should know--but he finds such SWEET ones! Anyway, I may or may not have been the underbidder on the 1958. It would have been an upgrade for me.

Nice post of a cool set of coins!


Cathy