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10 Francs / 2 Ariary
| Issuer | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A vignette at left centre presents a standing woman with a basket on her head, with a prickly pear plant to the right, rendered in a light intaglio print. The note is framed by an ornate blue guilloche border with Art Nouveau corner embellishments, and the vertical left margin carries the colony name in letterpress. The central text panel bears the denomination DIX FRANCS in large bold type above the emission guarantee text, dated Tananarive, 29 March 1917, with two manuscript signature panels below for the Directeur des Finances and the Trésorier-Payeur. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in a salmon-red letterpress on plain paper stock. Two circular vignettes, each bearing a classical allegorical group of figures with the legend LIBERTÉ ÉGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ, flank a central Malagasy-language text block stating the equivalent value and the legal penalties for counterfeiting. The heading COLONIE DE MADAGASCAR ET DÉPENDANCES appears across the top, with the denomination equivalence ARIARY ROA set in bold display type at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | COLONIE DE MADAGASCAR ET DÉPENDANCES Sahala vidy amin'ny ARIARY ROA Araky ny toko faha-139 amin'ny Code Pénal dia atao an-tranomaizina sady ampiasaina mafy ny olona izay mangalatahaka na manao an-kosoka ny taratasim-bala avoakan'ny banques neken'ny Fanjakana, ary koa izay mampiasa taratasim-bola sandoka t'izy izany. |
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