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20 Francs / 4 Ariary
| Issuer | Government of Madagascar and Dependencies |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Franc (1900-1928) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the heading COLONIE DE MADAGASCAR ET DEPENDANCES and a central text block in French detailing the issuance authority of twenty francs, guaranteed by the Caisse de Réserve en Rentes sur l'État Français in bonds for Madagascar and French West Africa and in Treasury bonds, pursuant to the Decree of September 17, 1914. The note is dated Tananarive, March 29, 1917, and carries the printed titles of the Director of Finance and the Paymaster in the lower register. A decorative border frames the entire composition, with a vignette at left of a woman carrying a basket on her head, flanked by a prickly pear cactus at right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by a gilt decorative border with ornamental corner motifs and a light guilloche underprint throughout the field. Two circular vignettes of Hercules-type 5-franc coin escutcheons are positioned side by side at center-left, flanking a central text block in Malagasy script that provides the legal tender declaration and penalty clause under Article 139 of the Penal Code for counterfeiting. The denomination ARIARY EFATRA is set in large bold type above the text panel, below the colonial heading. |
| Reverse lettering | COLONIE DE MADAGASCAR ET DEPENDANCES Salaha vidy amin'ny ARIARY EFATRA Araky ny toko faha - 139 Code Pénal dia atao an-tranomaizina sady ampiasaina mafy ny olona iray mangalatahaka na manao an-kosoka ny taratasim'bala avaokan'ny banques neken'ny fanjakana, ary koa izay mampiasa taratasim'bola sandoko ny irany. |
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