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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Razzbar, post: 7746440, member: 121668&quot;]Coins from the pre-/early colonial state of Madagascar are also very interesting to study and collect and quite awesome to come across. Madagascar wasn&#039;t conquered by the French until the 1880s. There are coins that can be found from around this time period, including some of the pieces mentioned below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326098[/ATTACH]</p><p>These 1831 Louis Philippe I 5 francs pieces were counterstamped with the founding date of foreign legion and handed out to the soldiers who participated in the Madagascar Expedition between 1885-1895. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326099[/ATTACH] Apparently the integrity of coins didn&#039;t matter much to some locals and Europeans who lived in Madagascar at the time, and thus it is common to find cut coins that circulated in the region.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1326102[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1326104[/ATTACH] </p><p>I don&#039;t know much regarding these counterstamps, but here are two Maria Theresa thalers with counterstamps that originate from Madagascar during the late 19th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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