Madagascar 25000 Francs = 5000 Ariary (1998) (A08320048) UNC

25000 Francs = 5000 Ariary (1998) (© Obverse: Portrait of a Malagasy woman with braids with her baby child toddler strapped to her back. Various tropical fruits growing on trees (Papaya, mango, litchi, cacao, longan). Abstract finial of a wooden Aloalo (Alohala) tomb sculpture of the Mahafaly people. Reverse: Malagasy women harvesting coffee with Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) bird perched on a branch. Various fruits and plants including bananas, vanilla plant, jackfruit, pineapple etc. Watermark: Head of an oxen of Zebu cattle. Security thread: Windowed metallic 5 mm wide band and right next to it: solid, fully embedded, vertical, 1 mm wide, bearing demetalized bank's name. Predominant colours: Pink and multicolour. Artist: Pierrette Lambert. Signature: Gaston Edouard Ravelojaona (Le Gouverneur, June 1996 – January 2007). Issuing authority: Central Bank of the Malagasy Republic. Date of issue: 11/24 June 1998. Date of withdrawal: 31 December 2009. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Printing method (printmaking technique): Screen printing, typography and hot transfer. Printer: Banque de France (BdF))

Dimensions: 174 x 75 mm

Catalogue Number: P-82a (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications); B316a (Banknote Book)

Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) (new, unused, mint) GRADING INFO

Texts: Banky Foiben'i Madagasikara. Dimy Arivo Ariary. Vingt-Cinq Mille Francs. Twenty Five Thousand Francs. Helohin'ny Lalana Hiasa Anterivozona Mandrapahafatiny Ny Mpanao Vola Sandoka. La Loi Punit des Travaux Forcés a Perpétuité Tout Contrefacteur de Monnaie.