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100 Gems - January birthstone garnet
| Issuer | Madagascar |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Polymer |
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| Obverse lettering | JANUARY MADAGASCAR JANUARY Garnet HUNDRED / ZATO SERIE 2023 GEMSTONES THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER 100 PROTECTION . NURTURING . LOVING . HEALING . ANCIENT WISDOM |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 VATOSOA ZATO FOUDIA MADAGASCARIENSIS MADAGASIKARA THIS NOTE IS NOT LEGAL TENDER 100 FIAROVANA . FITAIZANA . FANASITRANANA . FAHENDRENA FAHINY |
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Madagascar sits among the world's most significant garnet sources, producing several varieties including the rare color-change garnet found in the Bekily region — a geological fact that gives this note at least a defensible local connection rather than the purely thematic pretext that plagues most of these modern collector issues. The "100 Gems" series is a privately commissioned novelty program targeted at the bullion and gift market, not a circulating monetary instrument in any practical sense, despite bearing Madagascar's name as issuing authority.
Polymer substrate was chosen for its ability to hold fine metallic printing and incorporated window features — production almost certainly contracted to Note Printing Australia or a comparable security printer.