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10 Ariary silver
| Issuer | Central Bank of Madagascar |
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| Year | 1978 |
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| Weight | 9 g |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a standing male figure, rendered in high relief, engaged in agricultural labour with a long-handled hoe or spade, set against a background of terraced fields and distant mountains. The scene is contained within a beaded inner circle. At the top of the inner circle, the legend 'ARIARY FOLO' is inscribed in raised Latin letters. In the lower field, a scroll cartouche bears the three-line Malagasy motto 'TANINDRAZANA / TOLOM-PIAVOTANA / FAHAFAHANA', representing the national ideals of ancestral land, struggle for redemption, and freedom. |
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| Reverse lettering | ARIARY FOLO TANINDRAZANA TOLOM-PIAVOTANA FAHAFAHANA |
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Madagascar's 1978 silver issues were produced as collector pieces during the early years of the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, the socialist state established after Didier Ratsiraka seized power in 1975. The base-metal circulation version carried the same design; the silver strike in .925 fineness was a proof-quality parallel intended for the international numismatic market rather than domestic use — a common revenue strategy among small nations with limited hard currency reserves.