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BlueNote Souvenir - Bratislava castle
| Issuer | BlueNote |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a panoramic engraved townscape of Slovak historical architecture set against a mountainous backdrop, with churches, castles, and civic buildings rendered in fine intaglio detail. The Slovak coat of arms appears at lower left, and an ornate baroque cartouche with a city arms device is placed at upper right. The numeral "100" in large dark figures anchors the lower right corner against a pale guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | NOT LEGAL TENDER - SPECIMEN - ONLY SOUVENIR SLOVENSKO - SLOVAKIA - SLOWAKEI 100 |
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BlueNote is a Slovak private initiative producing souvenir notes printed to professional security-paper standards — Enschedé of Haarlem, operating continuously since 1703, is among the oldest and most technically rigorous banknote printers in the world, with a client list that has included the Netherlands, the UK, and dozens of central banks. Using them for a souvenir issue is an unusual choice that puts this piece closer in physical quality to genuine currency than to tourist ephemera.
Martin Sloboda's design credit is worth noting — he has worked on official Slovak numismatic material, so this is not a vanity project.