Catalog
2 Francs Tahiti versions A and B
| Issuer | Gabrisnote |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a Tahitian landscape with a sailboat on calm waters; a woman carrying a basket filled with fruit appears in the foreground. The design is rendered in a richly coloured intaglio style with guilloche underprint elements framing the central scene. The denomination numeral 2 appears at multiple positions within the border design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Gabrisnote is a private label operated by Slovak designer and engraver Matej Gabris, who produces limited-edition fantasy notes engraved in the intaglio tradition. These are not legal tender and have no issuing authority in the conventional sense — they exist as collector pieces, deliberately designed to showcase hand engraving at a standard that mainstream currency printing rarely commissions anymore. DAS Security Printing, based in Slovakia, handles production and incorporates at least a watermark, which places these above purely decorative novelty prints in terms of manufacturing.
The "versions A and B" distinction typically denotes a paper or color variant within the same print run — a common practice in this collector segment to encourage set completion.