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| Issuer | Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara |
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| Year | 1983-1988 |
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| Size | 142 × 76 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a male portrait, identified as Rakoto Frah, the celebrated flautist and composer of Hira-Gasy traditional Malagasy music, rendered in intaglio. The issuer's name BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA appears in the upper register, with the denomination ROAN-JATO ARIARY displayed below the portrait against a fine guilloche underprint. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed intaglio vignette of Madagascar's principal export crops — coffee branches with berries, vanilla pods, and cloves — arranged across the centre and right of the note. A circular medallion on the left displays the national emblem with radiating sunburst motif, flanked by the numeral 1000 in large figures at lower left and right. A bilingual anti-counterfeiting warning panel appears in Malagasy and French, with the denomination MILLE FRANCS along the lower border. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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