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100 Sovereign - World Bank of Wildlife Sběratel
| Issuer | World Bank of Wildlife |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Large intaglio-style vignette of a male lion's head in right profile occupies the right half of the note, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in green, blue, and red. To the left, a perched bird on a branch is rendered in fine detail, with a small antelope vignette in green microprint at lower left. Two facsimile signatures appear across the centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 WORLD BANK OF WILDLIFE 100 SOUVENIR BANKNOTE ISSUED FOR THE OCCASION OF THE 2019 SBERATEL COLLECTORS FAIR SBERATEL WBW THE LARGEST COLLECTOR'S FAIR IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE PRAGUE TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE OF THE KNOTEK FAMILY 100 ONE HUNDRED SOVEREIGN M. GABRIS . DEL. 100 |
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Not a banknote in any functional sense. The World Bank of Wildlife "Sovereign" series is a Czech collectible issued by a private novelty publisher — Sběratel is the Czech word for "collector," and that audience is the intended one. These pieces have no monetary authority behind them, no legal tender status anywhere, and were sold directly to hobbyists and gift buyers. The engraving by Matej Gabris gives the intaglio work a degree of craft that lifts it above typical souvenir paper, and the Knotkových design studio has a background in serious philatelic and numismatic artwork.