FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA

Madagascar pick 64a: 500 Francs from 1974

ND (1974). Green on multicolored underprint. Butterfly at left, young woman at center right holding ornate bag on head. Dancers at center on back. Watermark: zebra\'s head.

Madagascar pick 65a: 1000 Francs from 1974

ND (1974). 1000 Francs = 200 Ariary. Blue on multicolored underprint. Ring-tailed lemurs at left, man in straw hat at right on face. Trees and designs on back. Watermark: zebra\'s head.

Madagascar pick 72Ab: 2500 Francs from 1993

ND (1993). 2500 Francs = 500 Ariary. Red, green, blue, and black on multicolored underprint. Older woman at center. Gray heron, tortoise, Verreaux's Sifaka and butterfly in foliage on vertical format back. Watermark: zebu's head. Vertical serial number at right.

Madagascar pick 75b: 500 Francs from 1994

ND (1994). 500 Francs = 100 Ariary. Dark brown and dark green on multicolored underprint. Girl at center right, village in underprint at upper center. Herdsmen with Zebus, village in upper background at left center on back. Watermark: Zebu's head.

Collectors Comment: rev.: cows

Madagascar pick 76a: 1000 Francs from 1994

ND (1994). 1000 Francs = 200 Ariary. Dark brown and dark blue on multicolored underprint. Young man at center right, boats in background. Young woman with basket of shellfish at center, fisherman with net at left center on back. Watermark: Zebu's head.

Madagascar pick 78b: 5000 Francs from 1995

ND (1995). 5000 Francs = 1000 Ariary. Dark brown and purple on lilac and multicolored underprint. Young male head at right, ox cart, cane cutters at center. Ringtailed lemur, diademed sifaka, red-ruffed lemur, and birds -- Madagascar pigmy kingfisher, Madagascar fody, and helmet vanga, plus sheashells on back. Watermark: Zebu's head.

Collectors Comment: rev.: Ringtailed lemur, diademed sifaka, red-ruffed lemur, and birds: Madagascar pigmy kingfisher, Madagascar fody, and helmet vanga

Madagascar pick 79b: 10000 Francs from 1995

ND (1995). 10000 Francs = 2000 Ariary. Dark brown on tan and multicolored underprint. Old man at right, statuette, local artifacts at center. Artisans at work on back. Watermark: Zebu's head.

Collectors Comment: rev.: radiated tortoises

Madagascar pick 88c: 500 Ariary from 2004

2004. Tan on blue underprint.

Collectors Comment: rev.: cows

Madagascar pick 89b: 1000 Ariary from 2004

2004. Purple on multicolored underprint.

Collectors Comment: obv.: Vari (varecia variegata), Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), tortoise (geochelone yniphora)

Madagascar pick 97: 100 Ariary from 2017

ND (2017).

Madagascar pick 101: 2000 Ariary from 2017

ND (2017).

Madagascar pick 102: 5000 Ariary from 2017

ND (2017).

Collectors Comment: obv.: birds; rev.: whale

Madagascar pick 103: 10000 Ariary from 2017

ND (2017).

Collectors Comment: rev.: turtle, birds