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1000 Ariary
| Issuer | Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara |
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| Year | 2017-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Kamoro suspension bridge rendered in intaglio against a yellow guilloche oval underprint, flanked by tropical vegetation and yellow birds to the right, with a stylised comet moth (Argema mittrei) in red at lower left. A small outline map of Madagascar appears above the bridge, while the denomination '1000' is printed vertically in red at the left margin and repeated in large numerals at lower centre above the Malagasy legend 'ARIVO ARIARY'. The issuing authority's title 'BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA' is set in red at upper right, and the Governor's facsimile signature appears at lower centre-left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000 ARIARY BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA 1000 ARIVO ARIARY |
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Madagascar redenominated from the Malagasy franc to the ariary in 2003 — not a new currency, but a restoration. The ariary had been the country's traditional unit before French colonial monetary policy imposed the franc, and the redenomination ratio of 5 francs to 1 ariary reflected that historical baseline. This note belongs to the series that consolidated that transition, printed by Giesecke+Devrient in Leipzig, a firm that has supplied Madagascar's central bank across multiple series.
The security specification for this denomination is modest — watermark and thread only, with no optically variable ink or other features reported for P#100 specifically.