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2000 Ariary Madagascar Action Plan
| Issuer | Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Value | 2000 Ariary |
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| Obverse description | A large intaglio vignette of baobab trees occupies the left half of the note against a light green guilloche underprint, with smaller vegetation visible at the base. To the right, a three-dimensional colour-shifting security element incorporates a raised map of Madagascar in gold and olive tones. The bank title BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA appears in white lettering on a dark green and gold band at the lower centre, with the denomination 2000 ARIARY and the equivalent 10 000 FRANCS printed in the upper right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | MADAGASCAR ACTION PLAN 2007-2012 ROA ARIVO ARIARY 2000 10000 FRANCS Madagascar naturellement MAP BANKY FOIBEN'I MADAGASIKARA 2000 ARIARY GOUVERNEUR |
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Madagascar's dual-currency system — where both Ariary and the old Malagasy Franc remained legal tender simultaneously after 2004 — created genuine public confusion during the transitional years, and notes like this one carried a heavier informational burden than usual. The 2000 Ariary denomination equated to 10,000 Malagasy Francs, a conversion ratio that required active public education campaigns.
The "Action Plan" designation refers to the Madagascar Action Plan, the government's 2007–2012 development framework under President Marc Ravalomanana, which the Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara incorporated into its note series — an unusual instance of a central bank explicitly tying its currency design program to a sitting government's policy agenda.