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50 Ariary motto A
| Issuer | Banque Centrale de Madagascar |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Weight | 10.13 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a five-pointed star above the denomination expressed as 'ariary' and the large numeral '50', all enclosed within an open wreath of stylised floral and foliate branches tied at the base by a small ring ornament. The date 1992 appears in the exergue between chevron ornaments. The circular legend 'REPOBLIKA DEMOKRATIKA MALAGASY' runs along the upper periphery of this hendecagonal stainless steel coin. |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a detailed landscape scene featuring two towering baobab trees (Adansonia species), iconic to Madagascar, with smaller trees and vegetation in the background. A decorative scroll banner in the lower portion of the field carries the three-line national motto in Malagasy. The legend 'ARIARY DIMAMPOLO' (meaning 'Fifty Ariary') curves along the upper periphery within a raised border ring. |
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Madagascar transitioned from the Malagasy franc system — where 1 ariary equaled 5 francs — to full ariary-denominated coinage gradually, and this issue falls within the early post-socialist reform period following the collapse of the Didier Ratsiraka government's dirigiste economic model. The "motto A" designation distinguishes this die variety from a companion type by inscription difference, a detail that matters more to specialists than the mintage figures suggest.