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Medal - BU set 2020 Petzval
| Location | Slovakia |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Collection medallion |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Jozef Maximilián Petzval in high relief, depicting him as an elderly bearded man. The legend arcs around the upper and right fields, with his birth and death years 1807–1891 positioned in the upper right. |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of a large-format Petzval portrait lens and period camera body mounted on a wooden stand, representing the optical invention that revolutionized 19th-century photography. The series title legend arcs around the left field and the year 2020 appears in the lower right exergue area. |
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| Reverse lettering | SVETOVÉ VYNÁLEZY 2020 (Translation: World Inventions.) |
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