Evidence coverage: 1925–2005. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Colonial and national issues are one traced local franc continuity; issuer changes are profile events.
These stages belong to this profile, not separate branches.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
ExistingMadagascarlegaltender currency renamedfrancmalgache effective1July1963; noadditionalnode orancestryevent.
Sources and qualifications →Existing Malagasy CFA currency received the name francmalgache on1July1963.
Sources and qualifications →Ordinance73-025 retains francmalgache,100centimes, under national monetary authority; transitional continuity is regulated.
Sources and qualifications →Monetary cooperation contemplated national arrangements while preserving the existing unit and parity.
Sources and qualifications →1963 was a name change within the local Malagasy profile; actual French ancestry is supplied by revisedR0398.
Sources and qualifications →Comorian reckoning continues the earlier Madagascar–Comoros regional franc after the two territories become distinct legal-tender areas.
Sources and qualifications →The territorial Malagasy franc separated from metropolitan-franc reckoning in the1945 regional reform.
Sources and qualifications →Use1945 as explicit territorial-account separation anchor. Earlier1925–1928notes belong in predecessor/context history;1963rename and1973sovereignbank changes are within continuity.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
ExistingMadagascarlegaltender currency renamedfrancmalgache effective1July1963; noadditionalnode orancestryevent.
C1507Existing Malagasy CFA currency received the name francmalgache on1July1963.
C1547Ordinance73-025 retains francmalgache,100centimes, under national monetary authority; transitional continuity is regulated.
C1548Monetary cooperation contemplated national arrangements while preserving the existing unit and parity.
C1549National franc issues continue the local franc monetary history.
C768Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
A distinct banknote issuer begins Madagascar franc issues following the 1925 law. French money circulated earlier; this is not the beginning of all money or all francs on the island.
C766Inference: The Malagasy franc designation marks the independent national branch. Do not erase prior Madagascar issues or equate 1963 with its first franc notes.
C767Inference: National franc issues continue the local franc monetary history.
C768Distinct Malagasy franc issues followed the French currency introduced after annexation in 1896.
C980Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The Malagasy franc designation marks the independent national branch. Do not erase prior Madagascar issues or equate 1963 with its first franc notes.
Colonial currency, 1963, and 2003–2005 sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
National franc issues continue the local franc monetary history.
Colonial currency, 1963, and 2003–2005 sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
The ariary becomes the accounting unit. Ariary-denominated new notes had already launched on 31 July 2003.
Colonial currency, 1963, and 2003–2005 sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
A distinct banknote issuer begins Madagascar franc issues following the 1925 law. French money circulated earlier; this is not the beginning of all money or all francs on the island.
Colonial currency, 1963, and 2003–2005 sections
Handoff acceptance is not a claim that every source was independently reread.
Distinct Malagasy franc issues followed the French currency introduced after annexation in 1896.
Colonial period: 1896 French currency; law of 22 December 1925 establishing distinct Malagasy franc issues
ExistingMadagascarlegaltender currency renamedfrancmalgache effective1July1963; noadditionalnode orancestryevent.
Colonial and independence sections,web lines14–19
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Existing Malagasy CFA currency received the name francmalgache on1July1963.
Footnote; AACB1963paragraph
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant full indexed passages inspected in search results, including six-item list and IEM transition paragraphs.
Footnote; AACB1963paragraph
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Ordinance73-025 retains francmalgache,100centimes, under national monetary authority; transitional continuity is regulated.
Arts31–33,92–93
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Read parsed29-page CNLégis transcription mirrored at Lexxika.
Monetary cooperation contemplated national arrangements while preserving the existing unit and parity.
Printed9/PDF8
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
1963 was a name change within the local Malagasy profile; actual French ancestry is supplied by revisedR0398.
IMF footnote; AACB 1963paragraph
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant full indexed passages inspected in search results, including six-item list and IEM transition paragraphs.
IMF footnote; AACB 1963paragraph
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Comorian reckoning continues the earlier Madagascar–Comoros regional franc after the two territories become distinct legal-tender areas.
1950law art1 p474; IMF opening3–4/IEM section;1977paragraph54;1979arts4,6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
1950law art1 p474; IMF opening3–4/IEM section;1977paragraph54;1979arts4,6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Relevant full indexed passages inspected in search results, including six-item list and IEM transition paragraphs.
1950law art1 p474; IMF opening3–4/IEM section;1977paragraph54;1979arts4,6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
1950law art1 p474; IMF opening3–4/IEM section;1977paragraph54;1979arts4,6
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The territorial Malagasy franc separated from metropolitan-franc reckoning in the1945 regional reform.
Decree art1; Molet42–43
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Decree art1; Molet42–43
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Use1945 as explicit territorial-account separation anchor. Earlier1925–1928notes belong in predecessor/context history;1963rename and1973sovereignbank changes are within continuity.
Printed42–43 / PDF36–37, 1925 banking change and 1945parity; printed41 / PDF35 on payments; PDF16 arts31–33; PDF28 arts92–93; PDF29 promulgation; Colonial and independence sections,web lines14–19
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Printed42–43 / PDF36–37, 1925 banking change and 1945parity; printed41 / PDF35 on payments; PDF16 arts31–33; PDF28 arts92–93; PDF29 promulgation; Colonial and independence sections,web lines14–19
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Read parsed29-page CNLégis transcription mirrored at Lexxika.
Printed42–43 / PDF36–37, 1925 banking change and 1945parity; printed41 / PDF35 on payments; PDF16 arts31–33; PDF28 arts92–93; PDF29 promulgation; Colonial and independence sections,web lines14–19
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.