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10 Ariary motto A
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Madagascar's ariary coinage of this period was produced under the Didier Ratsiraka government, which had nationalized the economy and reoriented the country toward socialist policy following the 1975 coup. Coin production was contracted to foreign mints — the Monnaie de Paris struck much of the island's coinage during these decades — as Madagascar lacked domestic minting infrastructure.
The "motto A" designation distinguishes this from earlier variants by the specific rendering of the national motto on the die, a cataloger's distinction rather than an intentional mint variation.