| Descripción del anverso |
Central field displays the denomination numeral '10' in large characters beneath the word 'ariary' in lowercase lettering, all enclosed within an open wreath of stylised grain and olive branches joined at the base by a small circular ornament with flanking decorative striped scrolls. A five-pointed star surmounts the wreath at the top of the field. The Malagasy republic legend 'REPOBLIKAN'I MADAGASIKARA' curves along the heptagonal periphery, with the date '1999' incused at the base between the scroll ornaments. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
Central design features a full-length figure of a Malagasy farmer striding forward, holding a long-handled spade or hoe, set against a background of stylised mountain terrain within a beaded inner circle. Below the figure, a ribbon scroll bears the three-line national motto in the Malagasy language. The denomination legend 'ARIARY FOLO' (Ten Ariary) curves along the upper periphery of the heptagonal flan, flanked by dotted borders following the coin's flat sides. |
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Madagascar's 1999 coinage reform consolidated the ariary as the country's de facto unit of account decades before it formally replaced the franc malagasy as legal tender in 2005. The "motto C" designation distinguishes this die variety by the spacing or font treatment of the national motto, a distinction catalogued by collectors but largely invisible to the Malagasy public who handled these coins daily.