View source for Madagascar 1943-SA 50 centimes

[[Image:Madagascar 1943 50 centimes obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen was struck in 1943 in South Africa for the Free French in [[Madagascar]], along with a similar one franc (KM 2). Madagascar obtained her autonomy in 1958 and complete independence in 1960.

''Recorded mintage:'' 2,000,000.

''Specification:'' bronze.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 1.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Gadoury, Victor, and George Cousinié, ''Monnaies Coloniales Françaises, 1670-1988, 2me Éd.,'' Monaco: Éditions Victor Gadoury, 1988.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 

''Link to:''
* [[Madagascar 1895 5 francs]] Reginald Huth pattern
* [[Madagascar 1948 franc|1948 franc]]
* [[Madagascar 1953 20 francs]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1943]]
* return to coins of [[Madagascar]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]