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160 Zoolar - Zoo Bojnice Lynx lynx
| Issuer | NZOO Bojnice (Zoological Garden Bojnice) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | NZOO BOJNICE Sme tu pre vás každý deň v roku ZOOLAR Ochrana živočíšnych druhov Charles Darwin 1809 - 1882 PD00909 SK |
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| Reverse lettering | ZOO RYS OSTROVID 160 Lynx lynx ŠTÁTNA TLAČIAREŇ CENÍN NAŠE ZOO M. KREJCAR, M. GÁBRIŠ, M. WICHNEROVÁ RIADITEĽ ZOO |
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Zoo Bojnice's "Zoolar" notes are a fully functioning alternative currency — accepted for food, souvenirs, and entry fees within the zoo grounds — making this Eurasian lynx issue something more than a novelty token. The series was produced by Štátna Tlačiareň Cenín, the same Bratislava security printer responsible for official Slovak banknotes and identity documents, which gives these pieces a level of technical production quality rarely seen in local promotional scrip.
The Carpathian lynx population in Slovakia is one of the few self-sustaining wild populations remaining in Central Europe, which gives the species choice a regional logic beyond decoration.