Watch List notes:

MADAGASCAR, Colonial. French. Louis XIV. 1643-1715. AR Medal (42mm, 37.84 g, 12h). The Colonization of Madagascar. By J. Mauger. Dated 1665 (in Roman numerals), though a 19th century restrike of a 1702 original. LUDOVICUS XIIII · REX CHRISTIANISS ·, bare head right / COLONIA MADAGASCARICA, zebu bull standing left, head facing; ebony tree in background; M · DC · LXV · in exergue. EDGE: argent. Jacquiot fig. 1, c; Jones II p. 226, fig. 43. Beautifully toned and as struck. Choice EF. Very rare in silver.

From an English private collection of coins and medals relating to Madagascar, formed from the 1960s to the present. Reportedly ex Virgil Brand Collection, purchased from Edward Frossard, 1883.